Alex Wagner Mr.

B 12 February 2012 ENGL 1102 Annotated Bibliography

Bugliosi, Vincent. Helter Skelter. 25th. London: W.W Norton & Company, Inc., 1974. Print. This source Written by the lawyer of Charles Manson tells firsthand account and accurate reports of the murders and raid leading up to the criminal trials.

Faith, Karlene. The Long Prison journey of Leslie Van Houten: Life beyond the cult. Illustrated. Northeastern University Press, 1-216. Print. Describing one of the Manson girls early life. This source tells her tale as part of the cult and witnessing 2 murders by the family. The book is firsthand accounts written by a teacher in the prison in which Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to. Kendall, John. "Claim Manson Sought Race War." Los Angeles Times 25 7 1970, n. pag. Print. Surrounding the cults murder and trial was the question of why they had done it. This article specifies a conspiracy theory of Manson starting a revolution and a race war. He believed the song Helter Skelter by a popular band in 1969 The Beatles. Described here: the words meant the black man was rising up against the white establishment and murdering the entire white race..he believed the Beatles were speaking to him across the ocean

UPI."Manson family members face indictment today for murder."Windsor Star [Windsor] 8 12 1969, page 4. Print. Describes the people involved in the first murder ordered by Charles Manson at the home of Sharon Tate.

UPI."Charles Manson tells his story, but the jury was not listening." Eugene Register-Guard [Eugene] 21 11 1970, 29 4B. Print. Charles Manson is put on stand and given 90 minutes to tell his part of the story. Using this quote I have done my best to get along in your world and now you want me to kill me, and I look at you and I say to myselfyou want to kill me but Im already dead, have been all my life. But I my mid I live forever and in my mind I have always lived forever

Alex Wagner Mr. B 12 February 2012 ENGL 1102 Synthesis Essay My historical event is the raid of the Barker Ranch in California in which horrific events occurred from a cult called The Manson Family To better understand the family I will use research from the trial, the murders, the family members and Manson himself. Each source I found is helpful to my research. My first source is a book by the Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial. His inside look at the case. From this book I will use information to describe the trial. The trial is important to understanding the murders, the selection of them and the strong discipline Manson held over his family members. The other book I used is another firsthand look at one of Mansons girls Leslie Van Houten. Written by a prison teacher who has known Van Houten for some 32 years. I find it important to understand the girls life before becoming a part of the family. The next three sources used were newspaper articles. I find that newspaper articles from 1969-1970 were important to understand the hysteria occurring at that time. Its the information the general public was viewing new. These past articles are important to look back on to understand the theories of the Manson family. The words Helter Skelter caused a curiosity to what Manson could have been planning before his arrest/raid in 1969.