The Beatles, The Bible and Manson: Reflecting Back with 50 Years of Perspective - Softcover

Smith, Tim & Deb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938465075 ISBN 13: 9781938465079

Publisher: Pandamensional Solutions, Inc., 2019

Synopsis

In just two years, a would-be Messiah used lyrics from the most popular Rock and Roll band and verses from the most read book to create an infamous cult. This “family” remained run-of-the-mill until...
August 16, 1969.
Exactly one week after the hideously bizarre Tate-LaBianca murders. 200 members of the Los Angeles Police Department including the SWAT team storm the ranch where the Manson Family is living and arrest everyone there...
Two days later, all 24 detainees are simply released. Why would the LAPD apprehend every guilty party in the most notorious murders the city has ever experienced and then just let them go?
Whether you know this story really well, or not very well at all, the Smiths will take you right back there with them. When Tex Watson’s boots hit the ground as he drops onto the Sharon Tate compound you will feel and hear your boots drop right beside him.
When Charles Manson delivers his “Helter Skelter” sermon on a cold New Year’s Eve in 1968, to his Family who is huddled around the devilishly dancing flames of their bonfire in Death Valley trying to keep warm, you might feel a little chill run up your own spine.
The overall feel of the book is one of Tim and Deb telling “insider secrets.” That’s a cool feeling. They’re not real insiders, but metaphorically they – and anyone who grew up in that era – are. They have immersed themselves in the action and aren’t afraid to play with it – no matter how serious the subject. Their impish anti-establishment flavor is appropriate – if not expected – for the era about which they write.
Their use of limericks as a transition technique works brilliantly. That, combined with their irreverent Hunter S. Thompson style, brings an attitude to this time capsule in history like none before. It’s engaging and entertaining and somehow manages to milk the story with just the right combination of tragedy and comedy. With the Manson murders, that’s a fine line to walk and Tim and Deb somehow manage to knowledgeably negotiate this perilous path perfectly.

About this title

From the Author

Also available through the book is Tim & Deb's Superfan Kit #1 which includes the following:
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
 
2  ~ Timeline of Important Events
6  ~ Manson Family Christmas Album
11~ Limericks, Songs & Poems
22 ~ Open Letter from Manson to Hitler
24 ~ Our Analysis of Police Ineptitude
40 ~ Abridged Version for Slow Readers
64 ~ The Original Book Review
66 ~ Tim/Deb Photo ~ replica signatures

From the Back Cover

You two don't shy away from anything. When you told me youwere going to tackle this topic I was intrigued. But I had no idea that youwould come up with such a creative approach. You manage to take on such atragic tale and make the read so engaging and satisfying. From an educationalperspective, every fact that anyone would need to know about this event youhave included. That component is commensurate to your calling here. But whatreally puts this book over the top is the unique style. Just when the tensionis so thick you would need one of Manson's machetes to cut through it, youbreak into a song, or a poem, or a limerick which somehow manages to manipulatethe mood while advancing the story at the same time. Congratulations! Punintended . . . you guys absolutely killed it on this one. - Dr. Frederick J.Marra


I LOVE IT!!  Several of your lines have stuck with mesince I read the book. I didn't truly understand the intriguing nuances of thisuntil you described all these surreal circumstances. I love the poems/limericks. . . they are just the right hint of humor to pull off the black comedy genre.- Educator BethThomas


WhatI can say is that I enjoyed the story a ton, and was very interested in all thedots you connected throughout. Generally, I enjoy your style of writing, thechattily, ironic, alliterative approach. You see and point out nuances Iwouldn't otherwise have thought about. Most of all, I say congratulations on aremarkable and thorough piece of writing - Superintendentof Schools Doug Hamlin


There were times when I was scared, there were times when Iwas angry, and there were times I was laughing my ass off. Literally acackling-out-loud, tears-running-down-my-cheek kind of laughter. If ever therewas a book that is guaranteed to run you through the whole gamut of emotions,this is the one. - Historian Mike McGory

Edition details

• Publisher: Pandamensional Solutions, Inc.
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1938465075
• ISBN 13: 9781938465079
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 210