Helter Skelter, the True Story of the Manson Murders

New York; (2001): W,W. Norton. Octavo. 2nd printing and 25th anniversary edition. 538 pages index. With a new afterword by Vincent Bugliosi.. Bugliosi has inscribed this to G. Robert Blakey whose work as the counsel both for the President's Commission on Organized Crime and as counsel for the House Select Committee on assassinations reads with great interest: "To Professor Robert Blakey, an attorney and law professor who performs his duties in the finest tradition of the legal profession. With gratitude for the superb and monumental job you and your House Select Committee did on the reinvestigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Hope you enjoy the book and approve of the way I handled this case for the prosecution. My best personal wishes throughout your legal career and in all the years ahead. Vincent Bugliosi." Besides the many pictures which were not allowed by law in the e-book version, the "afterword" is a fascinating look of the insights not available elsewhere. He recounts not only the history of the Manson family since the murders but how Charles Manson continues to get more fan mail than any other prisoner in the U.S prison system, asking how to become part of his family. Guns N Roses dedicated a song to him. George Orwell wrote an essay on murder noting that the average English gentleman loves to read of violent murders while sitting in his living room. This book describes then, not only the original horror but how it continues even to the present. A near fine copy bound in ¼ black cloth over gray paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt in a very good unclipped dust jacket with one tiny edge tear and lightly rubbed..`.