Summary and Analysis of American Heiress by Worth Books

Author:Worth Books
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worth Books
Published: 2016-11-18T16:48:30+00:00

Timeline

February 4, 1974: Patricia Hearst is kidnapped by the SLA.

February 7, 1974: The press receives the first communiqué from the SLA about Hearst.

February 8, 1974: The press hears from Patty Hearst herself.

February 12, 1974: SLA makes their demand on the Hearst family.

April 3, 1974: Patty swears allegiance to the SLA.

April 15, 1974: The Hibernia Bank robbery.

April 24, 1974: Patty denies that she is being brainwashed.

May 8, 1974: SLA moves to Los Angeles.

May 16, 1974: The showdown at Mel’s.

May 17, 1974: The shoot-out at 54th Street.

May 27, 1974: Bill, Emily, and Patty return to San Francisco.

June 7, 1974: The “eulogy communiqué” airs.

July–September 1974: Bill, Emily, and Patty stay with the Scotts on a farm in Pennsylvania.

September 1974: Patty returns to California, moves in with Steve Soliah in Sacramento.

January 31, 1975: Walter Scott tells the Scranton police about his family harboring Patty.

February 25, 1975: The Guild Bank robbery.

March 11, 1975: The FBI ties the SLA to Kathy and Steve Soliah.

April 25, 1975: The Crocker National Bank robbery, in which Myrna Opsahl is killed.

Spring 1975: The FBI interviews Jack Scott; he denies knowledge of Patty’s whereabouts.

Summer 1975: The series of mostly failed bombings.

September 18, 1975: The FBI apprehends Bill and Emily Harris, and later, Patty Hearst.

September 26, 1975: F. Lee Bailey meets with his new client, Patty Hearst.

February 4, 1976: Patty Hearst’s trial begins. It is, coincidentally, the two-year anniversary of her kidnapping.

March 20, 1976: Patty is found guilty on both charges.

November 2, 1977: Patty’s appeal is denied.

January 29, 1979: Patty’s sentence is commuted by President Carter.

January 20, 2001: Patty Hearst receives a formal presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

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