Manson: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and The Family by John Gilmore & Ron Kenner

Amok 
2000 
Softcover 
178 Pages 
15.5 x 21cm 

Condition: Good 

This account of the Manson murders traces Charles Manson’s path from petty criminal to cult leader, focusing on the dynamics within “The Family” and the events leading up to the killings. Drawing on interviews and contemporary reporting, the book situates the crimes within the wider collapse of 1960s counterculture, where idealism, drugs, and manipulation intersected with violence. 

Originally published in the 70s as The Garbage People, this updated Amok edition includes new material on Bobby Beusoleil and Kenneth Anger as well as an extensive selection of previously unpublished photographs from the archives of Nick Bougas and James Mason.