The Family : The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion

Based on hundreds of interviews, The Family is arguably more thoroughly researched, though not quite as restrained, as Helter Skelter: it’s replete with rumors and urban legends, not just about the Family but about the victims themselves, much of which could potentially be viewed by modern readers as victim-blaming. But for those who just can’t get enough of more details on the case, The Family is a font of information, even if not all of it is well-sourced or even all that valuable. "Ed Sanders gained access to every material witness to the Tate-LaBianca murders. He corresponded with Manson and visited the family many times in their quarters at the Spahn Ranch, and in Inyo County and Death Valley, their desert hideaways. He interviewed members of motorcycle gangs whose paths crossed that of Manson and his family. He covered the trial for the Los Angeles Free Press and developed close relationships with both the family's defense counsel and the detectives who investigated the murders."--BOOK JACKET. AROUND JULY 22, 1955, Charles Manson drove a stolen 1951 Mercury from Bridgeport, Ohio to Los Angeles, bringing with him his seventeen-year-old pregnant wife, Rosalie.