The Manson Family Murders

by Tom Streissguth

The Manson Family Murders explores all sides of these famous killings. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, societal impacts, and more related to Charles Manson and his Family's crimes. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

112 pages, Hardcover

Published December 15, 2019

About the author

Tom Streissguth holds a B.A. from Yale University. He has written more than 40 books of history and biography.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a less coherent entry in the crime series; there were some rather random sidebars and I didn't feel that the setting and context for the crime were solidly defined. But it turns out that I knew almost nothing about the Manson crimes so I did get a lot of new information and I feel more educated now. A lot of Helter Skelter references make a lot more sense now.

I finally noticed that a lot of the missing stuff in the backmatter of the ecopys is there, just invisible (white text on white background) so I'm pretty sure it's just a glitch of the review copy.

I received an ecopy of this book from the publisher.

[Hailey Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book that gave a decent overview on the family and the court proceedings. However, there was no nearly enough detail compared to what there could be. With the Manson Family murders being such an interesting topic, I was disappointed with how many details this lacked. It talked about the actual murders for a lot less than they shouldve. Ill be avoiding this book series from now on and search for books with more detail.

[Vanessa]

good

[Erin DeSouza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for one of my classes as a research project and reading this books was sad as well as shocking. It is so shocking that someone can do these things and have no remorse.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really wish this had been published more recently, because I am dying to hear what’s been going on with Leslie van Houston since she was shockingly paroled after all this time.