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American Heiress

the Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
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Jun 13, 2022JCLFlanneryC rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The incredible true story of how one woman escaped her engagement. I thought I knew everything about Patty Hearst but this book is full of surprises and outrageous details, like when Ronald Reagan hopes everyone gets botulism and Patty…
Oct 27, 2020rlbeekman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The story of the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, her conversion by them to their underground urban guerrilla radicalism, her participation in bankrobbing and bomb making, her capture, trial,…
Apr 19, 2017PimaLib_NormS rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Those of us of a certain age remember the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst. Jeffrey Toobin revisits that turbulent time in an interesting new book, “American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst”. As the…
Mar 27, 2017rpavlacic rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Was Patty Hearst a hapless victim under the stress of Stockholm Syndrome? Well, she was kidnapped, but she became a willing participant in a string of bank robberies staged by the Symbionese Liberation Army, so the answer is no. Did she…
Mar 12, 2017Chapel_Hill_TracyB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very much enjoyed this well-researched telling of the events surrounding the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst. I've read a bit about her before, so I already knew the basics, but Toobin added new information to my understanding. That said, I…
Oct 07, 2016singasong70 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Well! Sure is different from Patty's account in Every Secret Thing which I read years ago, and bought into though I had questions, which've now been answered. She was not a victim except for the kidnapping part. What I think is she was…
Oct 06, 2016lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The fascinating and almost unbelievable story of Patty Hearst, the heiress to the Hearst fortune, who was kidnapped in the 1970s by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. The crux of the Hearst story if whether she willingly joined them…
Sep 02, 2016bronteside rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I will never confuse the term Stockholm syndrome with The Patty Hearst story again. In a careful, detailed and chronological fashion ,Toobin takes us through the Hearst kidnapping,to her arrest. Along the way, against the backdrop of Jim…