{"product_id":"the-ashes-of-waco-9780815605027","title":"The Ashes of Waco","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story the daily press didn't give us. It may be the definitive book about what happened at Mt. Carmel, near Waco, Texas, examined from both sides--the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDick J. Reavis contends that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh and even less to raid the compound at Mt. Carmel. The government lied to the public about most of what happened--about who fired the first shots, about drug allegations, about child abuse. The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel-and that alone could have started the fire that killed seventy-six people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on interviews with survivors of Koresh's movement (which dates back to 1935), as well as from esoteric religious tracts and audiotapes, and previously undisclosed government documents, Reavis uncovers the real story of the burning at Waco, including the trial that followed. The author quotes from Koresh himself to create an extraordinary portrait of a movement, an assault, and an avoidable tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick J. Reavis\u003c\/b\u003e was a 1990 Nieman Fellow in Journalism. He has been a Senior Editor of \u003ci\u003eTexas \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonthly, \u003c\/i\u003e a reporter for the\u003ci\u003e Dallas Observer, \u003c\/i\u003eand a business correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e San Antonio Light, \u003c\/i\u003eand has written for numerous publications. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eConversations \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith Moctezuma\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Fodor's Texas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492148547858,"sku":"9780815605027","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a00b9174-e6fc-44da-88b5-57820bf2b9bd.jpg?v=1730573267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ashes-of-waco-9780815605027","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}