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Tag Archives: SLA

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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#PattyHearst on Twitter Feb. 18

February 19, 2018

Conversations on #PattyHearst

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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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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Movie review: Patty Hearst (1988)

August 10, 2015

In the past couple of weeks I’ve immersed myself in the details from Feb. 4-May 17, 1974, from when the …

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Sorry, trees!

June 23, 2015

Sometimes a writer just has to make hard copies.

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Patty, Patty, Patty…Patty Hearst again

February 18, 2015

I’m not surprised that Patty Hearst pops up again. However, I didn’t expect her to pop up at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

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40 years ago today: Patty Hearst kidnapped

February 4, 2014

An odd series of events today led to this post. I don’t blog about this very often, but my current …

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