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Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco

Maybe someday

43

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

41/100

Critics

44/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Stephan Talty

Publisher:

Mariner Books

Date:

April 11, 2023

Drawing on first-time, exclusive interviews with Koresh's family and survivors of the siege, Stephan Talty paints a psychological portrait of this icon of the 1990s.

What The Reviewers Say

Barton Swaim,
The Wall Street Journal
Mr. Talty delves the deepest into the history and twisted personality of David Koresh.
Tom Scocca,
Air Mail
Talty, trying to grasp Howell’s nature from cradle to grave, lingers more on the details.

Publishers Weekly
Searing.

Kirkus
Drawing on sources that include FBI files and eyewitness testimony, Talty focuses his thoroughly researched history on the troubled and troubling life of Vernon Wayne Howell.