Thread live event: Jeffrey Toobin on 'American Heiress'
In the mid 70's when radical groups and terrorists were bombing buildings, hijacking planes and robbing banks, Americans watched the hunt for Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of wealthy newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, as the victim of a kidnapping, and then as a wanted criminal and converted radical re-christened 'Tania.'
Jeffrey Toobin spoke with MPR's Kerri Miller about his latest book on the subject, "American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst."
The "Thread Live" event was held September 28, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.
To hear the whole conversation, click the play button above.
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