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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

byJeffrey Toobin

On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst Family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbonese Liberation Army. The research behind American Heiress draws together biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context to show how the central story changed over time. The result links the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of patty hearst with debates in biography & autobiography, showing where public institutions and private experience meet.

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780345803153