Great Oak Press (March 18, 2019)

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY AND PATRICIA HEARST:
QUEEN OF THE REVOLUTION

The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), as it existed originally, endured for a brief 192 days. It formed in the months leading up to November 1973 in Oakland, California. In concentrating their activities around the Berkeley area, the SLA had hoped to recapture the excitement and passion of the protest movements of the 1960s. 


Patricia Hearst's actions suggests she became a willing participant in the SLA after her kidnapping. Her transformation into Tania, the urban guerilla, left the country in shock. Unlike any group before or after, the SLA had unlimited access to the media. The world watched in horror and amazement as the SLA continued to wreak havoc and outmaneuver the FBI time and time again.

GREAT OAK PRESS

As a publisher of scholarly and academic books, Great Oak Press was founded in the spring of 2014 to bring the California Native American point of view to academic works in the fields of California Indian Studies, American Indian Studies, California Studies and the American West. The press has since expanded to working with leading experts as well as the up and coming authors in a wide range of fields spanning California Studies, ranging from the arts to the sciences and from history to languages. The press is dedicated to publishing works of great importance that preserve and expand knowledge, in addition to encouraging creative thought and intellectual exploration.