February 5: Reporters gather at the Hearst family's mansion in a wealthy San Francisco suburb, Hillsborough, to follow the kidnapping story and interview Patty's parents. February 6: A letter ...

Patty Hearst's ancestors, like many California settlers ... Valley at age 42 to be with his dying mother. While back at home, he married 19-year-old Phoebe Apperson, a much-admired local teacher.

When kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst's voice was transmitted on Radio KPFK in 1974, it wasn't the desperate plea for freedom many expected. Instead, she delivered a searing tribute to her fallen ...