![]() ![]() “They (the S.L.A.) envisioned themselves as American counterparts to the revolutionary movements around the world. Over the next 18 months, the country watched transfixed as the heir to a newspaper fortune became Tania the revolutionary, a loyal comrade-in-arms to a rag-tag bunch of delusional thugs. 4, 1974, three members of the Symbionese Liberation Army forced their way into Patty Hearst’s apartment in Berkeley, Calif., and kidnapped her. Toobin was almost 14 years old when, on Feb. Now comes “American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst,” which he was in town to promote at a Booksmart Tulsa event. His list of best-selling books is long and includes “The Run of His Life: O.J. Maybe Toobin doesn’t know every detail of every crime committed by this country’s most notorious criminals, but give him a little time to dig, and he’ll come back with a hell of a story. Ironically, Toobin - one of the nation’s most prominent and prolific chroniclers of the criminal justice system - was unaware that the exclusive club is known for more than its world-class golf course.īusinessman Roger Wheeler was gunned down there in 1981, allegedly on orders from gangster Whitey Bulger. On his list of places to see was Southern Hills Country Club. ![]()
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