The Patty Hearst Kidnapping: The History of the Controversial Abduction, Crimes, and Trial that Shocked America

*Includes pictures *Includes Heart's own accounts of her kidnapping and case *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped.” – Patty Hearst "I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake." - Patty Hearst For most of the 20th century, the name Hearst was most closely associated with one of America’s most famous (and infamous) newspaper magnates, William Garrison Hearst, whose life was the inspiration for Citizen Kane. But in the 1970s, his granddaughter Patricia made headlines thanks to a series of events that would wind up being one of the most bizarre chapters of the 20th century. In 1974, Hearst was a 19 year old college student at Berkeley when she was kidnapped by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), an obscure left-wing group with ties to the local area. In fact, the SLA abducted Hearst in part because she lived nearby, and it was hoped that her famous line