| By Their Father's Hand Contributor(s): Francis, Monte (Author) |
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ISBN: 006087824X ISBN-13: 9780060878245 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Francis presents the horrifying and compelling account of the Wessons--a Fresno, California, family torn apart by a fathers single-minded attempt to control every aspect of each members life, down to the final mass murder/suicide of nine members in 2004. Original. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - Mass Murder - True Crime | Historical - True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.56" W x 6.8" (0.32 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Fresno, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Neighbors were unaware of what went on behind the tightly closed doors of a house in Fresno, California--the home of an imposing, 300-pound Marcus Wesson, his wife, children, nieces, and grandchildren. But on March 12, 2004, gunshots were heard inside the Wesson home, and police officers responding to what they believed was a routine domestic disturbance were horrified by the senseless carnage they discovered when they entered. By Their Father's Hand is a chilling true story of incest, abuse, madness, and murder, and one family's terrible and ultimately fatal ordeal at the hands of a powerful, manipulative man--a cultist who envisioned vengeful gods and vampires, and totally controlled those closest to him before their world came to a brutal and bloody halt. |
Contributor Bio(s): Francis, Monte: - Monte Francis is a journalist and writer who has covered several high-profile murder trials. He has received two Emmy Awards for his television news reports and several awards for his news writing from the Associated Press. This is his first book. |