{"product_id":"the-summer-of-helter-skelter-paperback","title":"The Summer of Helter Skelter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly female commune killed nine people. It was the culmination of a criminal career that traces back to Manson's childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManson puts the killer in the context of his times, the turbulent late sixties, an era of race riots and street protests when authority in all its forms was under siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManson created and refined his message to fit the times, persuading confused young women (and a few men) that he had the solutions to their problems. At the same time he used them to pursue his long-standing musical ambitions, relocating to Los Angeles in search of a recording contract.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis frustrated ambitions, combined with his bizarre race-war obsession, would have lethal consequences as he convinced his followers to commit heinous murders on successive nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe will look at the life and crime of America's most horrific cult leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd explore where \"The Manson Family\" is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47436657950898,"sku":"9781393959977","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a3d5a53ba96b811db9e530f34738992a.webp?v=1778646177","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-summer-of-helter-skelter-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}