A Journey to Waco Autobiography of a Branch Davidian

by Doyle, Clive; Wessinger, Catherine; Wittmer, Matthew D.

• ISBN13: 9781442208858
• ISBN10: 1442208856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

clive doyle is one of nine survivors of the Mount Carmel fire near Waco, Texas, which killed seventy-six Branch Davidians of all ages. catherine wessinger is the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History, of Religions at Loyola University New Orleans. matthew d. wittmer is an artist and librarian specializing in the collection and preservation of primary sources about the Branch Davidians.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
A Short Introduction to the Branch Davidians and Clive Doyle-Catherine Wessinger	p. 1
Telling My Story and the Story of the Branch Davidians	p. 9
From Australia to Texas-Meeting the Branch Davidians	p. 11
Living with the Branch Davidians	p. 39
Branch Davidian Theology	p. 75
The Mount Carmel Conflict: The ATF Raid, the Fifty-One-Day Siege, and the FBI Assault	p. 99
Jail, Two Trials, and Changes at Mount Carmel	p. 163
Survivors of the Siege-Where We Are Today	p. 181
Appendix: Reconstructing Mount Carmel Center: Proportion and Memory-Matthew D. Wittmer	p. 189
Notes	p. 199
Works Cited	p. 243
Index	p. 249
About the Authors	p. 265
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