The Manson Murders: My-Lai of the Counter Culture

Ed Sanders, veteran of the disbanded rock band The Fugs—hence aristocrat of the counter culture which had for popes Allen Ginsberg and the Beatles, for king and queen in exile Timothy Leary and Bernardine Dohrn, for princes of the royal blood Paul Krassner, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mark Rudd —has written a book on the Manson family that will help the reader to understand the background of the Manson murders. Besides reading the book (Ed Sanders, The Family [New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1971]), I have interviewed the author, who was kind enough to give me some details not included in his book. I have read a paperback titled The Killing of Sharon Tate, by Lawrence Schiller, which contains...