The Reference Desk
Have you ever fallen down a rabbit hole into an obscure topic and suddenly need to know all the details and consume all the media related to it? You've found your people. Every other Wednesday, librarians Hailee and Katie take turns sharing the topic that has them bewitched. After a deep-dive into the subject-du-jour, fill your "to read" list with their related book recommendations.
The Reference Desk
Patty Hearst - Part 1
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The Reference Desk
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Season 3
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Episode 16
In this episode, Hailee is bewitched by Patty Hearst. The nineteen year old granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper publisher who owned a media conglomerate, was living a mostly normal life, engaged to be married, attending classes at UC Berkley. But everything changed when she was kidnapped by a radical political group who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. In this episode, learn about the life of Patricia Hearst before the kidnapping, the details of that terrible night in February of 1974, and the demands the SLA gave the Hearst’s for Patricia’s release.
Staff Picks
- The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
- The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis
Sources
- Patty Hearst
- Whose Side Was She On? 'American Heiress' Revisits Patty Hearst's Kidnapping
- Radically different
- Social Science and Coercion as a Defense in Kidnapping Cases Patricia Hearst: Kidnap Victim to Criminal?
- The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- APRIL 3, 1974
- Patty Hearst Trial (1976)