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. …
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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 …
Movie review: Patty Hearst (1988)
In the past couple of weeks I’ve immersed myself in the details from Feb. 4-May 17, 1974, from when the …
Happy 70th birthday, Camilla
If we don’t remember, who will?
From the archives: The ethics of writing about those who have died
NOTE: This was originally published on July 8, 2012. I have no doubt that my dad would approve of my …
40 years, and the SLA is still part of the conversation
Forty years ago today—May 17, 1974. On that day, a shoot-out with SWAT team officers in Los Angeles left six …
1970s redux on film
I’m excited about a couple of upcoming movies that address issues of import in the 1970s. One is The Company You …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 