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The Family

by Ed Sanders

In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck the dreams of the Love Generation. At least nine people were murdered, among them Sharon Tate, the young, beautiful, pregnant, actress and wife of Roman Polanski.

Ed Sanders’s unnerving and detailed look at the horror dealt by Manson and his followers is a classic of the true-crime genre. The Family was originally published in 1971 and remains the most meticulously researched account of the most notorious murders of the 1960s.

Using firsthand accounts from some of the family’s infamous members, including the wizard himself, Sanders examines not only the origins and legacy of Manson and his family, but also the mysteries that persist. Completely revised and updated, this edition features 25 harrowing black-and-white photos from the investigation.

“One of the best-researched, best-written, thoroughly-constructed, and eminently significant books of our times. . . . A masterpiece.”
Boston Phoenix

“The first complete, authoritative account of the career of Charles Manson. A terrifying book.”
New York Times Book Review

“This book is basically just a rehashed version of Helter Skelter, also the author was sued and forced to remove an entire chapter from the book.”
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Early versions of this book (Prior to November 8, 2002) contained a chapter [now removed] which linked the Family to The Process Church of the Final Judgement which sued the publisher (E. P. Dutton ) for defamation. To settle the lawsuit, the publisher agreed to remove the chapter.

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