Manson in His Own Words by Nuel Emmons - 9781611854787

Manson in His Own WordsAuthor(s): Nuel Emmons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, United States\nImprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press\nISBN-13: 9781611854787, 978-1611854787\nSynopsis\nWe called him a devil and quarantined him behind such labels as 'the most dangerous man alive.' But Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone awry. This astonishing book lays bare the life and the mind of a man whose acts left us horrified. His story provides an enormous amount of information about his life and how it led to the Tate-LaBianca murders, and reminds us of the complexity of the human condition. \n\nBorn in the middle of the Depression to an unmarried fifteen-year-old, Manson lived through a bewildering succession of changing homes and substitute parents, until his mother finally asked the state authorities to assume his care when he was twelve.\n\nRegimented and often brutalized in juvenile homes, Manson became immersed in.