![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the author is vague about how he came to adopt Koresh's beliefsystem. "He firsttouched me as a fellow musician and a warm friend, and I was taken byhis deep sincerity and natural authority." He did not have the Dracula-like powers of mind controlwhich many people attribute to him, but he had a sense of confidencein his mission which appealed to the people in his circle. Koresh was, by Thibodeau's account, easy to like andto follow. But these make up only about half of the book what I found most interesting wasthe sections on life before and after that nightmare. His account of the events from February 28 to April 19, 1993, is mostlyconsistent with other published sources I'll go into some details onthis further on. But his bookprovides a view from the inside, a sense of what it was like to livewith David Koresh and to endure the siege and the fire. His background wasn't steeped in religion. DavidThibodeau is clearly notthe most typical of the Branch Davidians. This review Copyright 1999 by Gary McGathĪ Place Called Waco provides something which no previous bookon the Waco atrocity has given: an inside perspective. ![]() A Place Called Waco David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson ![]()
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