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Patty Hearst: Her Own Story

Patricia Campbell Hearst provides her personal account of her activities and relationships beginning with her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.

Genre
crime
Themes
cults
Setting
CaliforniaUSA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 499 pages

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