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Tag Archives: 1970s

45 years ago today: SLA kidnaps Patty Hearst

February 4, 2019

February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, a group of eight, acts on a plan they’ve had for months: to …

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Direct action, then and now

June 10, 2018

Last Wednesday I participated in a discussion after a screening of the documentary The Gentleman Bank Robber at Bryant-Lake Bowl in …

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More than a fondness for plants and cats

April 11, 2018

This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …

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Reaction to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst documentary

February 28, 2018

Reaction on Twitter to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst CNN documentary was overwhelmingly negative. I had a few …

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The grief-stricken families left behind after SLA shootout

February 20, 2018

I have collected many newspaper and magazine articles in my nearly 20 years of researching Camilla Hall and her role …

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My latest obsession: “Alice”

June 13, 2017

Ah, Logo TV. The network feeds my sitcom addiction. A couple of months ago the network started airing reruns of …

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A short excerpt from my manuscript on Camilla Hall and the SLA

April 3, 2017

I don’t often post works-in-progress here, but I do get a lot of questions regarding what I’m working on now. …

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Review of new Patty Hearst book by Jeffrey Toobin

August 1, 2016

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst was not what I expected. Since …

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Deal announced for new SLA book

January 30, 2016

  From Publisher’s Marketplace: “Becoming Jimi Hendrix co-author Brad Schreiber’s REVOLUTION’S END: The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control and the Secret …

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Review: Downtown: Minneapolis in the 1970s

December 29, 2015

I spent the day after Christmas with the photo book Downtown: Minneapolis in the 1970s. Photographer Mike Evangelist perfectly captured …

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