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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

4.0

Fascinating read for anyone Who grew up in the 1970s and only had peripheral knowledge of the Patty Hearst case. Very detailed, objective account. Did Patricia get off easy for her crimes? In my opinion, her pardon was justified. Her family's fame and fortune were the reason for her kidnapping as an impressionable young girl of 19. She never would have committed those crimes, if the kidnapping had not occurred. So it only makes sense that her family's fame and fortune helped her to become absolved of her crimes.