American Heiress
The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Examines the life of Patty Hearst who suffered an unimaginable trauma and then made the stunning decision to join her captors' crusade.
Contents:
Nervous breakdown nation -- From inside the trunk -- The SLA -- The point of no return -- Prisoner of war -- Not just a bunch of nuts -- Three hundred bald men -- "I'm a strong woman" -- The birth of Tania -- Stay and fight -- Common criminals -- Showdown at Mel's -- Live on television -- Apocalypse on Fifty-Fourth Street -- "The gentlest, most beautiful man" -- Jack Scott makes and offer -- Road trip -- The streets of Sacramento -- Death of a "bourgeois pig" -- Feminist bomb-making -- Freeze! -- "There will be a revolution in Amerikkka and we'll be helping to make it" -- "Your ever-loving momma and poppa care about the truth" -- More excited than scared -- The search for old McMonkey -- The verdict -- "Favoring the rich over the poor".
Subjects:
Hearst, Patricia, 1954-
Hearst, Patricia, 1954- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Symbionese Liberation Army.
Trials (Robbery) -- United States.
Hearst, Patricia, 1954-
Hearst, Patricia, 1954- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Symbionese Liberation Army.
Trials (Robbery) -- United States.
Target Audience: 1110L
ISBN:
9780385536714
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hearst, Patricia | Main (Downtown) | Biography | Out (Due: 5/10/2024) |
BIOGRAPHY Hearst, Patricia | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Hearst, Patricia | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | Out (Due: 5/3/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-351) and index.