Memories of the Branch Davidians : the autobiography of David Koresh's mother / by Bonnie Haldeman ; as told to Catherine Wessinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haldeman, Bonnie, 1944-

Contributor:

Wessinger, Catherine, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993.

Branch Davidians--Biography.

Branch Davidians.

Haldeman, Bonnie, 1944-.

Haldeman, Bonnie.

Koresh, David, 1959-1993.

Koresh, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1993 event at Mt. Carmel shocked all of America and has since spawned a plethora of books regarding the "truth" about the Branch Davidians. Memories of the Branch Davidians is the story told from the inside. The oral history of Bonnie Haldeman, the mother of Vernon Howell (David Koresh), it offers an intimate, first-hand account of how a boy named Vernon Howell became David Koresh. Haldeman paints a picture of Koresh that could only be told by one who knew both his greatest strengths and his deepest faults.

Contents:

Bonnie Clark

The Haldeman family

Vernon Howell becomes a Branch Davidian

Bonnie Haldeman becomes a Branch Davidian

David Koresh's shootout with George Roden at Mount Carmel

Resettling at Mount Carmel

Bonnie and Roy leave Mount Carmel

Visits back and forth with folks at Mount Carmel

The ATF raid, February 28, 1993

The siege

The fire, April 19, 1993

1994 criminal trial

2000 civil trial

Life after the fire

Going back to Mount Carmel

Remembering the people and lifestyle at Mount Carmel

Remembering the children

Remembering David

Appendix: poems by David Koresh.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.

ISBN:

9786610930029

9781280930027

1280930020

9781602580886

160258088X

OCLC:

476074808