![]() ![]() ![]() The second half of the book details the Branch Davidians' dealings with federal agents. ![]() Thibodeau strongly denies other charges of child abuse within the community children were punished and spanked, he says, but not beaten. The memoir offers what appears to be an honest portrayal of life among the Branch Davidians, including the sham marriages in which men were expected to be celibate while Koresh had sex with most of the women-and girls as young as 12 years old. We meet David Koresh as Thibodeau first met him: a fellow rock musician, an abused child from a troubled family who didn't finish high school and was fond of guns but loved to talk about the Bible. Thibodeau, one of only nine Branch Davidian survivors of the attack (in which 74 people-including several children-were killed), begins by telling readers what brought him to Waco. Anyone fascinated or horrified by the story of the Branch Davidian sect and the storming of their Waco, Texas, compound by law enforcement authorities in April 1993 will want to read David Thibodeau's compelling first-person account. ![]()
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