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Tag Archives: Camilla Hall

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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Armed guards in schools: The issue behind the SLA’s first criminal action in 1973

February 25, 2018

“No matter how you look at it, an armed presence in the schools is just the beginning in teaching conditioned …

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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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Further reading based on episodes 3 & 4 of “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst”

February 19, 2018

I’ve been impressed with this documentary so far. It’s doing what it set out to do — to bring executive …

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The SLA: A story told primarily by men

February 17, 2018

The SLA story has been a story told primarily through men. The definitive book about the SLA, Voices of Guns, …

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Patty, Patty, all Patty: CNN docu-series on Patty Hearst begins tonight

February 11, 2018

I’m eagerly awaiting this CNN docu-series on Patty Hearst that begins tonight. I’ve been studying and researching the SLA for …

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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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