Title:
Waco : a survivor's story
Author:
Thibodeau, David, author.
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Uniform Title:
Place called Waco
Edition:
Updated and revised edition.
First paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
Physical Description:
xx, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
One of nine survivors of the attack on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993 describes how he came to join the religious community and offers an eyewitness account of the tragedy.
General Note:
Includes index.
Previously published as: A Place Called Waco.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue: this could be the day that I die -- Book I: A sense of community. A galaxy far away ; The man and the music ; Coming to the mountain ; Edging toward belief ; Slipping through the fence ; The withering experience ; Temptations ; On rape, abuse, and guns -- Book II: Prelude to a holocaust. Visions and omens ; Showtime ; Aftershock ; No surrender, no quarter ; Ranch apocalypse -- Book III: Life as a survivor. "Are you comin' to kill me?" ; Half-truths and outright lies ; Ignorant questions ; Afterlife ; Climbing the mountain ; Back to the future ; The double helix -- Epilogue -- Special thanks and acknowledgments -- Appendix: The Mount Carmel Community: The living and the dead -- Index.
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ISBN:
9781602865730
Format :
Book
