Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst Her Story
$6.99
Sung to the tune of the theme from "Mr. Ed":

A Hearst is a Hearst, she was immersed
In the SLA, but though the rest were cursed
To die amid machine gun bursts,
Where was Patty Hearst?

Go right to the source, her Dad, of course
He paid off the prison and police force
Who freed her, she showed no remorse
The famous Patty Hearst

People yakkety-yakked and leaked
Her whereabouts and then
The FBI came and picked her up
And then all the bull-s**t began

A Hearst is a Hearst and money talks
The cell door swings open and Patty walks
She writes a book and then she hawks it
"Now listen to this:
I AM PATTY HEARST!"

Rescuing Patty Hearst: Growing Up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad
$12.00
This is one of those books where you pick it up and can't put it down until you are finished. I highly suggest this book especially if you have seen this mental health issue in action.

Guerrilla - The Taking of Patty Hearst
$26.95
The documentary is good enough, but it is FAR TOO SYMPATHETIC to the despicable, violent and evil-to-the-core SLA. The documentary allows the murdering violent thugs to present their B.S. propaganda, completely unchallenged. At no time do we hear from Patty Hearst about what she was forced to endure, nor do we hear from John Opsahl, whose mother was cruelly, savagely murdered in cold blood, so that this evil, rag-tag bunch of scumbags could fullfill their so-called "cause". That aspect of this documentary made me want to puke. Just imagine if someone made a documentary about the KKK or some nazi group and only allowed the members of that fringe group to spread their sick, twisted propaganda, but would not interview any of the victims of those groups. That is basically what this love letter to the SLA does. The EXTRAS section is the only place we really hear from victim John Opsahl and his eloquent testimony is cut short in mid-sentence at the end. I don't care what "cause" someone claims to promote. NOTHING justifies kidnapping a teenage girl, repeatedly raping her, beating her, torturing her and then locking her in a closet. NOTHING! To say that anything excuses that is stomach-turning, sick and utterly perverse.

I, Tania
$19.95
Dare I say it? This is the book we fans of Patty Hearst (oh and Huggy Bear, Ian Curtis, Don Delillo and um...John McEnroe) have been waiting for. Ferociously funny and fierce, this book throws out as many jokes as possible to tell the "story" of a heiress-turned-terrorist. Some of the jokes are brilliant. Some, admittedly, stumble or go right over my head but I, Tania moves fast enough past its rough edges and makes you want to read out loud to your roommates.