A Waco Survivor's Story -David Thibodeau

The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring
Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the
critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch
Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau.

Twenty-five years ago, the FBI staged a deadly raid on the Branch
Davidian compound in Waco. Texas. David Thibodeau survived to tell
the story.

When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David
Thibodeau was a drummer in a local a rock band. Though he had never
been religious in the slightest, Thibodeau gradually became a
follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. He
remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed
and burned to the ground after a 51-day standoff with government
authorities.

In this compelling account--now with an updated epilogue that
revisits remaining survivors--Thibodeau explores why so many people
came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired. We meet the men,
women, and children of Mt. Carmel. We get inside the day-to-day
life of the community. We also understand Thibodeau's brutally
honest assessment of the United States government's actions. The
result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page
taking us closer to the eventual inferno.

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