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Jeffrey Toobin SIGNED American Heiress Patty Hearst Kidnapping First 1st Edition
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Signed By
- Jeffrey Toobin
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- 1st Edition
- Original Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780385536714
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385536712
ISBN-13
9780385536714
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219137875
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Heiress : the Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Rich & Famous, United States / 20th Century, General, Criminals & Outlaws, Legal History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-016625
Reviews
A New York Times Bestseller "The abduction and subsequent radicalization of Patricia Hearst is one of the most bizarre but illuminating episodes of that tumultuous era of protest...and in American Heiress Jeffrey Toobin retells the story with a full-blown narrative treatment that may astonish readers too young to remember it themselves...Toobin spins this complex chapter of recent history into an absorbing and intelligent page-turner." -- The Washington Post "[A] clever companion piece to The Run of His Life (1996), his book about the O. J. Simpson case. Mr. Toobin has used the same winning formula of delving deeply into an American crime story that had tremendous notoriety in its day and retelling it with new resonance. Ms. Hearst's tale is much more bizarre than Mr. Simpson's... [I]n an age of terrorism, the chronicle of how a sedate heiress named Patricia morphed into a gun-toting, invective-spouting revolutionary calling herself Tania holds a definite fascination." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "[R]iveting... American Heiress is a page-turner certainly, but Toobin, a gifted writer, infuses it with much more...Even if he ridicules the ideas and condemns the violent deeds of this ragtag group of revolutionary wannabes, they emerge not as cardboard villains but flesh and blood protagonists." -- The Boston Globe "Toobin has crafted a book for the expert and the uninitiated alike, a smart page-turner that boasts a cache of never-before-published details...Toobin's book successfully captures the unrivaled spectacle of the Hearst drama." --San Francisco Chronicle "Terrifically engrossing...Toobin uses his knowledge of the justice system and his examination of the evidence to pierce the veil of spectacle...As for Patty Hearst herself, Toobin treats her as a person, not a tabloid phantasm. -- New York Times Book Review "[A] spell-binding retelling ... In the end the real test of a writer's worth is...how well they can tell a story that's already been told many times before by many different people, including -- in this case -- by some of the main characters themselves. By that standard Toobin gets an A-plus for American Heiress ... Everything about this book feels right: the structure, the style and the tone, which is the New Yorker meets Raymond Chandler. As always with great writing, it comes down to a strong, distinctive narrative voice spiced with the judicious use of juicy details. -- LA Weekly, "[A] detailed but swiftly moving account of the 1974 kidnapping that mesmerized the nation. . . . [T]he author's considerable legal knowledge propels the narrative. . . . [A] a well-informed, engaging work from a highly capable author." -- Kirkus
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
322.4/2092 B
Synopsis
From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson , the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. The already sensational story took the first of many incredible twists on April 3, when the group released a tape of Patty saying she had joined the SLA and had adopted the nom de guerre "Tania." The weird turns of the tale are truly astonishing--the Hearst family trying to secure Patty's release by feeding all the people of Oakland and San Francisco for free; the bank security cameras capturing "Tania" wielding a machine gun during a robbery; a cast of characters including everyone from Bill Walton to the Black Panthers to Ronald Reagan to F. Lee Bailey; the largest police shoot-out in American history; the first breaking news event to be broadcast live on television stations across the country; Patty's year on the lam, running from authorities; and her circuslike trial, filled with theatrical courtroom confrontations and a dramatic last-minute reversal, after which the term "Stockholm syndrome" entered the lexicon. The saga of Patty Hearst highlighted a decade in which America seemed to be suffering a collective nervous breakdown. Based on more than a hundred interviews and thousands of previously secret documents, American Heiress thrillingly recounts the craziness of the times (there were an average of 1,500 terrorist bombings a year in the early 1970s). Toobin portrays the lunacy of the half-baked radicals of the SLA and the toxic mix of sex, politics, and violence that swept up Patty Hearst and re-creates her melodramatic trial. American Heiress examines the life of a young woman who suffered an unimaginable trauma and then made the stunning decision to join her captors' crusade. Or did she?
LC Classification Number
F866.4.H42T66 2016
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- 0***b (3274)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat seller. Smooth transaction and delivery. Really nice book.
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- z***a (73)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseCame in perfect condition. Good quality and great value for such a book. Great appearance. Arrived double wrapped to protect the book. Thank you