45 years ago today: SLA kidnaps Patty Hearst
February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, a group of eight, acts on a plan they’ve had for months: to …
Tag Archives: 1970s
Direct action, then and now
Last Wednesday I participated in a discussion after a screening of the documentary The Gentleman Bank Robber at Bryant-Lake Bowl in …
More than a fondness for plants and cats
This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …
Reaction to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst documentary
Reaction on Twitter to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst CNN documentary was overwhelmingly negative. I had a few …
The grief-stricken families left behind after SLA shootout
I have collected many newspaper and magazine articles in my nearly 20 years of researching Camilla Hall and her role …
My latest obsession: “Alice”
Ah, Logo TV. The network feeds my sitcom addiction. A couple of months ago the network started airing reruns of …
A short excerpt from my manuscript on Camilla Hall and the SLA
I don’t often post works-in-progress here, but I do get a lot of questions regarding what I’m working on now. …
Review of new Patty Hearst book by Jeffrey Toobin
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst was not what I expected. Since …
Deal announced for new SLA book
From Publisher’s Marketplace: “Becoming Jimi Hendrix co-author Brad Schreiber’s REVOLUTION’S END: The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control and the Secret …
Review: Downtown: Minneapolis in the 1970s
I spent the day after Christmas with the photo book Downtown: Minneapolis in the 1970s. Photographer Mike Evangelist perfectly captured …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 