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Searching For Patty Hearst: Militant Marxist or Brain Washed?
The mystery of Patty Hearst’s transformation from a college student born into privilege to a Marxist militant wielding an M-1 carbine in a bank robbery remains as compelling as ever on the 50th anniversary of her kidnapping.
The abduction of William Randolph Heart’s granddaughter captured America’s attention in 1974.
The saga of 19-year-old Patty Hearst pushed the impeachment of President Richard Nixon off newspaper headlines.
Searching for Patty Hearst by journalist Roger Rapoport delves into the heart of a story that blurs the lines between victim and perpetrator, between heiress and revolutionary.
Was she a willing convert to the cause of the Symbionese Liberation Army or a young woman broken and brainwashed by her captors?
You decide.
Link to Roger Rapoport’s Website: Searching for Patty Hearst
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