Bonnie Haldeman is the mother of David Koresh and a surviving Branch Davidian. She lived, travelled and worked with the Branch Davidians in Texas, California and Hawaii from 1985 til 1991 and currently lives and works in Texas.
In Memories of the Branch Davidians , Catherine Wessinger's
insightful interviews with Bonnie Haldeman provide a rare glimpse
into David Koresh's childhood and his emergence as the spiritual
leader of the Branch Davidians. In this plain-spoken account of her
life and her son's life, Bonnie Haldeman puts a human face on David
Koresh and his followers, offering a needed corrective to the
predominantly stereotypical portrayals of the Branch Davidians. Dr.
David G. Bromley, Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology,
School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
In the many analyses of the Branch Davidian tragedy, what are
missing are precisely these autobiographical voices of the 'Branch
Davidians' themselves. In Bonnie Haldeman, the mother of David
Koresh, we hear their voice. James Tabor, Chair of the Department
of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Cathy Wessinger's presentation of Bonnie Haldeman's oral history is
an invaluable source of information for those endeavoring to learn
more about a religious community that was virtually wiped out in an
unprecedented standoff with the federal government in 1993.
Wessinger has toiled to compile these stories for the historical
record and provide researchers with rich insights into the
little-known lives of sect members and its leader, David Koresh.
Stuart A. Wright, Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director,
Office of Research, Lamar University
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