The gripping story of the real Charles Manson as told by his long-time prison administrator, counselor, unofficial press agent, and confidant, Ed George. âThroughout my life, people have asked me about Manson. . . . âDoes he have hypnotic powers?â âDoes he have a diabolical charisma?â . . . âIs he crazy?â My response is that for some people, the answer to all of the above is yesâexcept for the last question.â âEdward George Charles Manson was perhaps the most infamous criminal of the twentieth century. Convicted for orchestrating the shocking Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969, and for two other killings, there has been much written about him. But not many people knew him as well as Edward George, who over years of conversations with Manson as his prison administrator, counselor, unofficial âpress agent,â and confidant, gained deep insight into Mansonâs mind-set. In this updated edition of Georgeâs riveting account, he illuminates the many sides of Manson: charismatic cult leader, master manipulator, calculated âshowman,â sly trickster, and more. George and his coauthor, Dary Matera, begin by detailing the troubling events of Mansonâs youth, the historic 1969 murders, and the subsequent trial that ended an era. They then pull back the curtain on the intense reality of Mansonâs turbulent life behind bars and the events that have transpired since the initial publication of this book in 1999, including Mansonâs death in 2017. Originally published as Taming the Beast: Charles Mansonâs Life Behind Bars Praise for Taming the Beast âA valuable book which gives additional insights into the criminal mind of Charles Manson.â âVincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter âCharles Manson may be the most written about, commercially viable malefactor in American history, yet George and Matera offer a worthwhile new take on him in their jailhouse bio. . . . George came to know Mansonâs whole rollicking gang in scary and intimate detail. He strives to understand Manson and his devotees and, spewing psychological and spiritual insights and plenty of witchy Masonoid details, succeeds in horrifying his readers.â âBooklist âWhat distinguishes Georgeâs book is that it puts a human face on a man whose very name defines evilârevealing the personality hidden during television interviews.â âAlameda Journal âAn ugly, ugly look at a man whose entire life has been a study in sickness. . . . Provide[s] a chilling glimpse of Family members like Lynette âSqueakyâ Fromme, who showed up at the prison regularly in her red cape.â âKirkus Reviews
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