American Heiress
The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
by Jeffrey Toobin
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in True Crime, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in True Crime, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
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Anderson Cooper
“the new book #AmericanHeiress by @JeffreyToobin about the kidnapping and trial of Patty Hearst is fascinating!”
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