Waco: A Survivor's StoryThe basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch -- Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau. Twenty-five years ago, the FBI staged a deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Texas. David Thibodeau survived to tell the story. When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was a drummer in a local a rock band. Though he had never been religious in the slightest, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burned to the ground after a 51-day standoff with government authorities. In this compelling account -- now with an updated epilogue that revisits remaining survivors--Thibodeau explores why so many people came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired. We meet the men, women, and children of Mt. Carmel. We get inside the day-to-day life of the community. We also understand Thibodeau's brutally honest assessment of the United States government's actions. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno. |
Contents
The Man and the Music | |
Coming to the Mountain | |
Edging Toward Belief | |
Slipping Through the Fence | |
The Withering Experience | |
Ranch Apocalypse | |
LIFE AS A SURVIVOR | |
Are You Comin to Kill Me? | |
HalfTruths and Outright Lies | |
Ignorant Questions | |
Afterlife | |
Climbing the Mountain | |
Back to the Future | |
Temptations | |
On Rape Abuse and Guns | |
PRELUDE TO A HOLOCAUST | |
Visions and Omens | |
Showtime | |
Aftershock | |
No Surrender No Quarter | |
The Double Helix | |
Epilogue | |
Photos | |
Special Thanks and Acknowledgments | |
The Mount Carmel Community The Living and the Dead | |
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