Bibliograph

Waco, a survivor's story, David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson with Aviva Layton

Type

Label

Waco, a survivor's story, David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson with Aviva Layton

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Waco

Oclc number

993420657

Responsibility statement

David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson with Aviva Layton

Sub title

a survivor's story

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

Table Of 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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