{"product_id":"pattys-got-a-gun-william-graebner-9780226305226","title":"Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America","description":"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 \u003ci\u003ePatty's Got a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, the first substantial reconsideration of Patty Hearst's story in more than twenty-five years, William Graebner vividly re-creates 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\u003ci\u003e Invasion of the Body Snatchers\u003c\/i\u003e--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--\u003ci\u003ePatty's Got a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a nuanced portrait of both an unforgettable moment and an entire era, one whose repercussions continue to be felt today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Graebner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226305228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226305226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.92w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2008 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009","brand":"William Graebner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075972034815,"sku":"9780226305226","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62b80a44-4932-4269-a8b0-aaa756a975fc.jpg?v=1685462471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pattys-got-a-gun-william-graebner-9780226305226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}