Charles Manson: The Man Who Murdered the Sixties - Softcover

David J. Krajicek has been telling crime stories for more than 30 years, as an author and a newspaperman.

A native of South Omaha, Nebraska, he comes from a long lineofmeatpackers and bartenders--men and women who have told a few storiesof their own. After more than a decade covering the crime beatforMidwestern and New York newspapers, Krajicek worked as aColumbiaUniversity journalism professor during the 1990s but was soondrawn back to his true muse: writing.

Since 1999, he hasbeen writingThe Justice Story, a weekly historical true crime featurethat has beenrunning in the New York Daily News for nearly a century.(His book"Murder, American Style" includes 50 brisk stories drawn fromhis workon The Justice Story.) He continues to write about crime andcriminaljustice for many other venues, contributing to The CrimeReport,Alternet, The New York Times, Boston Magazine, Slate and others.

He was a special correspondent for Court TV's CrimeLibrary and has appeared frequently on television as a true crimeexpert, including on"The Today Show," Dominick Dunne's "Power, Privilege and Justice," and"The Poisoner's Handbook" on PBS's AmericanExperience.

In addition to his 50-year look back at Charles Manson, hismost recent books include Mass Killers: Inside the Minds of Men Who Murder (Arcturus) and Massachusetts Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy andSurvival (Second Edition) (Globe Pequot Press). His books also include a 2011 e-book, Gotti and Me: A Crime Reporter's Close Encounters With the New York Mafia(News Ink Books); the regional best-seller True Crime: Missouri, The State's Most Notorious CriminalCases (Stackpole), and an e-book for Kindle Singles, Death By Rock 'n' Roll" (Crimescape/RosettaBooks).

When he is not writing, Krajicek can often be found on a bandstand or tennis court. He has spent 25 years singing and playing trombone in a NewYork-based R&B band. He lives in the Catskill Mountains of NewYorkand on the Gulf Coast.

"The 300-plus-page book is a masterful, well-written, well-researched,contextual and insightful exploration into the motivations and mentalstate of these killers in their own words."--Ruben Rosario, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press