false 3938908 1 It was a story so bizarre it defied belief: in April 1974, twenty-year-old newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst robbed a San Francisco bank in the company of members of the Symbionese Liberation Army - who had kidnapped her a mere nine weeks earlier. But the robbery - and the spectacular 1976 trial that ended with Hearst's criminal conviction - seemed oddly appropriate to the troubled mood of the nation, an instant exemplar of a turbulent era.With "Patty's Got a Gun", the first substantial reconsideration of Hearst's story in more than twenty-five years, William Graebner vividly recreates the atmosphere of uncertainty and frustration of mid-1970s America. Drawing on copious media accounts of the robbery and trial - as well as cultural artifacts from glam rock to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" - Graebner paints a compelling portrait of a nation confused and frightened by the upheavals of 1960s liberalism and beginning to tip over into what would become Reagan-era conservatism, with its invocations of individual responsibility and the heroic. Trapped in the middle of that shift, the affectless, zombielike, 'brainwashed' Patty Hearst was a ready-made symbol of all that seemed to have gone wrong with the sixties - the inevitable result, some said, of rampant permissiveness, feckless elitism, the loss of moral clarity, and feminism run amok.By offering a fresh look at Patty Hearst and her trial - for the first time free from the agendas of the day, yet set fully in their cultural context - "Patty's Got a Gun" delivers a nuanced portrait of both an unforgettable moment and an entire era, one whose repercussions continue to be felt today. 3984489 15 10 2008 Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America total:14|5:4|4:5|3:4|2:1| 14 54 51 5 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 09:09:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 09:19:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:32:28 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:53:03 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 09 18:46:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:31:44 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:46:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 31 16:16:36 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:20:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 16:16:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 13:33:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 15:42:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 13:33:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 12:20:19 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:42:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:20:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 03:06:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 03:06:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 14 10:15:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:15:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 20:45:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:45:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 20:11:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:11:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 14:59:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:59:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:45:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:47:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 19:28:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:28:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 21:40:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 21:40:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 08:10:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 12:32:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 29 11:40:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 11:40:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 16:00:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:00:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 17:59:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:59:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 12:43:32 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:43:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 20:07:58 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 20:07:58 -0800 2009