A new book by Graeme Webber
(select the title to go direct to Graeme's site)
(Text/graphics/images Copyright © Graeme Webber 2008)
I'll admit, I'm biased. I have a common interest with the author in exposing Kamm for what he is, so my review is inevitably going to be coloured by that.
However, after reading the first chapter on-line, I have to put up a quick review. A full review will be forthcoming as soon as I get the whole book.
Graeme has been a journalist for years. He has the skills to put a comprehensive, logical explanation of things, that gets to the core of the story.
This book has been 3 years in the writing. If you think the stuff on my webpages exposes Kamm, well, this book does more. It eviscerates him. It exposes the fundamental iniquity of what he has done. And it doesn't pull a single punch.
For anyone who wants to explore and understand the behaviour and motivation of a cult leader such as Kamm (and he's a classic example, displaying many of the behaviours of others, such as Warren Jeffs, Geoffrey Lundgren, Jim Jones, David Koresh all spring to mind), this is a worthwhile resource, and we should all have this book in our kit bag.
Chapter 1, "The Dawning of a new error" gets right into the context, quoting extensively some of the lust letters William sent to his prospective bed partners (queens), demonstrating one of Kamms prime motivations in running his cult. It's hard to read without becoming emotionally affected by the facts.
And facts is what they are. They come from Kamm's own writing.
In his own Hand.
With his own signature.
Based on my reading of Chapter 1, This is a book that deserves to be read.
It should also be standard reading by our politicians, police, and anyone who has to deal with these kinds of issues, as the growth and influence of these kinds of cults continues without pause.