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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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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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Happy 70th birthday, Camilla

March 24, 2015

If we don’t remember, who will?

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From the archives: The ethics of writing about those who have died

August 26, 2014

NOTE: This was originally published on July 8, 2012. I have no doubt that my dad would approve of my …

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40 years, and the SLA is still part of the conversation

May 17, 2014

Forty years ago today—May 17, 1974. On that day, a shoot-out with SWAT team officers in Los Angeles left six …

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1970s redux on film

September 3, 2012

I’m excited about a couple of upcoming movies that address issues of import in the 1970s. One is The Company You …

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