“I was gung-ho”: Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 25.
“They go through an area”: Ibid., 34.
“The revolution don’t have nothin’ ”: Ibid., 7.
“revolution is horrible”: Ibid., 6.
Marcus Foster’s life: For background on Foster, see John Spencer, In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012), 18–25.
“Above all, Foster wanted”: Ibid., 86–88, 157.
“Hey, what are you doing?”: Ibid., 172–73. See also Jon S. Birger, “Race, Reaction, and Reform: The Three Rs of Philadelphia School Politics, 1965–1971,” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July 1996, 163–216.
Republicans denounced him: Spencer, In the Crossfire, 216–18.
“We were sitting around”: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 111.
November 6, 1973: Spencer, In the Crossfire, 218–19. On the details of the shooting, see also McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 127–29.
CHAPTER 4: THE POINT OF NO RETURN
In the course of their brief heyday: Jennifer S. Holmes, Terrorism and Democratic Stability (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001), 56–57.
For some putative victims: Payne, Findley, and Craven, Life and Death of the SLA, 186–89; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 152–54.
“America suffered more wounds”: Perlstein, Invisible Bridge, xiii.
In the early morning hours: For description of this encounter, see Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 197–203; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 159–64.
Keep your hand gun: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 165.
“as kids and neighbors”: Baker, Exclusive!, 47–51.
“The house was furnished”: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 168. For another description of what was found in the safe house, see Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 205–7.
Emily and Mizmoon found: Cumming, “End of an Era,” 83–84.
The full SLA reassembled: Kinney, American Journey, 229.
CHAPTER 5: PRISONER OF WAR
Finally, around 9:00 p.m.: Cumming, “End of an Era,” 86–88; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 194–96.
The second-youngest daughter: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 194–95.
“that the FBI’s reputation”: Weiner, Enemies, 311.
Her name meant Angel of the Angels: For background on Angela Atwood, see McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 80–85; Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 128–31.
The two aspiring actresses: Hendry, Soliah, 61.
“All men must die”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 68.
CHAPTER 6: NOT JUST A BUNCH OF NUTS
a former astronaut: Lester, Girl in a Box, 70.
Swami Number 2: Weed, My Search for Patty Hearst, 118–21, 165.
“God sent me”: Spieler, Taking Aim at the President, 80–82.
CHAPTER 7: THREE HUNDRED BALD MEN
Mizmoon was white: Soltysik, In Search of a Sister, 3, 11, 16.
In the joyful first days: Ibid., 35–36; Hanel, “Camilla Hall’s Place in the Symbionese Liberation Army,” 59.
“Revolution has to be social”: Hanel, “Camilla Hall’s Place in the Symbionese Liberation Army,” 60.
“But, much as I want”: Ibid., 61.
Nancy Ling Perry: For background on Perry, see McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 174–78; Kinney, American Journey, 173–77; Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 118–21.
When Ling was hitchhiking: Bryan, This Soldier Still at War, 119.
Bey also earned a reputation: Chris Thompson, “The Sinister Side of Yusuf Bey’s Empire,” East Bay Express, Nov. 13, 2002.
On the morning of February 22: Payne, Findley, and Craven, Life and Death of the SLA, 223–25; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 242–44.
“What ever happened”: Baker, Exclusive!, 21–23; Weed, My Search for Patty Hearst, 175–77.
“egocentric pain in the ass”: Lester, Girl in a Box, 73.
CHAPTER 8: “I’M A STRONG WOMAN”
“Your Mommy and Daddy”: Kohn and Weir, “Tania’s World.”
“Ajax”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 83.
“gesticulating, rolling her eyes”: Ibid., 88.
“Oh, I wish you could see”: Ibid.
“I wasn’t much of a climber”: Kinney, American Journey, 176.
“I don’t like to see”: Ibid., 143.
CHAPTER 9: THE BIRTH OF TANIA
“We do not comprehend”: Burrough, Days of Rage, 288–89.
“It’s just too bad”: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 242–43.
Patricia’s version of her relationship: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 88–90.
“Reagan’s a jackass”: Lester, Girl in a Box, 68.
“Tiny, you remember”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 96–100.
CHAPTER 10: STAY AND FIGHT
Camilla Hall, the one: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 219.
The car sat outside: Cumming, “End of an Era,” 115–16.
She was not impressed: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 105.
“They can hide her”: Lester, Girl in a Box, 66.
When Hearst hosted: Talbot, Season of the Witch, 186.
The next day, however: Lester, Girl in a Box, 79.
“I think they killed”: Ibid., 85.
“This is a holdup!”: Description of the bank robbery comes from trial testimony, Cumming, “End of an Era,” 166–69; Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 146–49; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 322–40.
CHAPTER 11: COMMON CRIMINALS
“This is for you, Tania”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 153.
“The city seemed to crackle”: Talbot, Season of the Witch, 218.
“We need a goddamn South American”: Weed, My Search for Patty Hearst, 238–39.
young woman of the house: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 163–65.
They rented a two-bedroom place: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 339–40.
CHAPTER 12: SHOWDOWN AT MEL’S
Even by the modest standards: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 195.
On one occasion: Ibid., 194.
“Gelina would be much better”: Ibid., 203.
Even through the windshield: The secondary sources consulted for the incident at Mel’s include ibid., 203–6; McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 341–45. The most detailed account comes from Symbionese Liberation Army in Los Angeles.
First, they bought: Cumming, “End of an Era,” 190.
“What did you take?”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 207.
CHAPTER 13: LIVE ON TELEVISION
The team included: Domanick, To Protect and to Serve, 207.
“Tell Bill I understand”: Gates, Chief, 132.
“I saw your lights”: The exchange with the women in the house comes from McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 349–50.
At one point: Ibid., 354–55.
CHAPTER 14: APOCALYPSE ON FIFTY-FOURTH STREET
To Patricia Hearst, Disneyland: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 222–24.
“What the hell is it”: Weed, My Search for Patty Hearst, 304, 309.
On the afternoon of May 16: Lester, Girl in a Box.
At that moment, Daryl Gates: Gates, Chief, 135.
“Don’t leave my dogs behind!”: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 359.
“Look!” said Bill Harris: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 222–26.
“I was a soldier”: Ibid., 226.
“Tania’s found”: Weed, My Search for Patty Hearst, 321.
“I should go down there”: Lester, Girl in a Box, 171.
CHAPTER 15: “THE GENTLEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN”
Then, with their finances: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 233–36.
“I was being left alone”: Ibid., 240–41.
Rejected sexually by Emily: Ibid., 240.
The front of the small: Hendry, Soliah, 113–17.
Emily still had Kathy Soliah’s address: Hearst, Every Secret
Thing, 243–45.
CHAPTER 16: JACK SCOTT MAKES AN OFFER
All three were in full battle dress: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 262–66.
CHAPTER 17: ROAD TRIP
Among other topics: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 271.
“Within a few minutes”: Ibid., 272–73.
“For the first time in months”: Ibid., 276.
On March 30, 1972: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 389–90.
When Bill arrived, he disrupted: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 278–79.
“She was calm and friendly”: Ibid., 275.
“I hope you’ll have a chance”: Quoted in McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 399.
“I went out for a jog”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 288.
CHAPTER 18: THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO
“I had to do everything”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 298.
“an easygoing young man”: Ibid., 325.
The Harrises drew up: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 431–32.
CHAPTER 19: DEATH OF A “BOURGEOIS PIG”
Family and church dominated: Hendry, Soliah, 140.
On that Monday: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 444–45.
“We had developed our own”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 339.
“Our position on equality”: Ibid., 340–41.
CHAPTER 20: FEMINIST BOMB-MAKING
“The components were easily purchased”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 345.
She envisioned simple pipe bombs: Ibid., 345–46.
According to Patricia: Ibid., 346.
Indeed, as Patricia heard the story: Ibid., 353.
“We began to destroy”: Quoted in McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 455, 456.
Between bombings: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 344–45.
CHAPTER 21: FREEZE!
In the middle of the search: Alexander, Anyone’s Daughter, 341.
In any event, at around two: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 435–37.
“I was a pretty fair athlete”: Kohn and Weir, “Tania’s World.”
Still, he cooperated: McLellan and Avery, Voices of Guns, 469–70.
“Daddy! How could you”: Ibid., 476.
The agents decided: Ibid., 487–90.
When Patricia stood up: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 359–61.
CHAPTER 22: “THERE WILL BE A REVOLUTION IN AMERIKKKA AND WE’LL BE HELPING TO MAKE IT”
“Never sign anything”: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 362.
CHAPTER 24: MORE EXCITED THAN SCARED
A former newspaperman: Tim Weiner, “Remembering Brainwashing,” New York Times, July 6, 2008.
“Right now we are brainwashing”: Alexander, Anyone’s Daughter, 211.
He was smoking at least two packs: Ibid., 170.
CHAPTER 25: THE SEARCH FOR OLD MCMONKEY
“It’s fun to be a superman”: Alexander, Anyone’s Daughter, 321.
Stockholm syndrome: The most extensive modern description of Stockholm syndrome can be found in Nicola Tufton and Elizabeth L. Sampson, “ ‘Stockholm Syndrome’: Psychiatric Diagnosis or Urban Myth?,” Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Feb. 2008. For an account of the underlying bank robbery, see Daniel Lang, “A Reporter at Large: The Bank Drama,” The New Yorker, Nov. 25, 1974, 56.
“The defense psychiatrists offered up”: Perlstein, Invisible Bridge, 618.
CHAPTER 26: THE VERDICT
a green-enamel shamrock pin: Alexander, Anyone’s Daughter, 447.
“I’ll always remember”: Jimenez and Berkman, My Prisoner, 190.
“What kind of drink”: Ibid., 84.
Patricia thought she had: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 414–17.
CHAPTER 27: “FAVORING THE RICH OVER THE POOR”
Later, she observed ruefully: Hearst, Every Secret Thing, 433–34.
AFTERMATH
Afterward, the show received: Hendry, Soliah, 227–29.
In 1987, Randy married Veronica: Vicky Ward, “The Mansion Trap,” Vanity Fair, Nov. 2008.
“The form asks why”: Nancy Faber, “Patty Hearst Has Found Sanctuary in Her Year-Old Marriage to Bernard Shaw,” People, March 31, 1980.
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