Research Catalog

Title

A journey to Waco : autobiography of a Branch Davidian / Clive Doyle with Catherine Wessinger and Matthew D. Wittmer.

Author

Doyle, Clive, 1941-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Wessinger, Catherine, 1952-
• Wittmer, Matthew D., 1971-

Description

xiv, 265 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Overview: Nearly twenty years after they happened, the ATF and FBI assaults on the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas remain the most deadly law enforcement action on American soil. The raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents on February 28, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians, precipitated a 51-day siege conducted by the FBI. The FBI tank and gas assault on the residence at Mount Carmel Center on April 19 culminated in a fire that killed 53 adults and 23 children, with only nine survivors. In A Journey to Waco, survivor Clive Doyle not only takes readers inside the tragic fire and its aftermath, but he also tells the larger story of how and why he joined the Branch Davidians, how the Branch Davidian community developed, and the status of survivors. While the media and official reports painted one picture of the Branch Davidians and the two assaults, A Journey to Waco shares a much more personal account of the ATF raid, the siege, and the final assault that details events unreported by the media. A Journey to Waco presents what the Branch Davidians believed and introduces readers to the community's members, including David Koresh. A Journey to Waco is a personal account of one man's journey with the Branch Davidians, through the tragic fire, and beyond.

Subject

• Doyle, Clive, 1941-
• Branch Davidians > Biography
• 1993
• Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• Autobiographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Telling my story and the story of the Branch Davidians -- From Australia to Texas: meeting the Branch Davidians -- Living with the Branch Davidians -- What the Branch Davidians believe -- The Mount Carmel conflict: the ATF raid, the 51-day siege, and the FBI assault -- Jail, two trials, and changes at Mount Carmel -- Survivors of the siege: where we are today.

ISBN

• 9781442208858 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1442208856 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781442208872 (electronic)
• 1442208872 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2012014525

OCLC

778424441

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library