The Queen : the forgotten life behind an American myth
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Published
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316513302, 031651330X
Physical Desc
xi, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Books
364.163092 LEVI
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364.163092 LEVI
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Published
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316513302, 031651330X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-354) and index.
Description
"In the fall of 1974, the Chicago Tribune found a woman its readers were sure to hate. Linda Taylor had reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. The detective who checked it out soon discovered she was a scammer, a welfare cheat who drove a Cadillac to collect ill-gotten government checks. Taylor, it turned out, was also a kidnapper, and possibly a murderer. But nobody -- not the journalists who touted her story, not the police, and not Ronald Reagan (who railed against Taylor during the 1976 presidential campaign) -- seemed to care about anything but her welfare thievery. Levin's mesmerizing book, the product of six years of reporting and research, is an empathetic work of true crime, an account of how Taylor destroyed both strangers and those close to her ... Growing up in the Jim Crow South, Taylor was made an outcast because of the color of her skin. As she rose to infamy, the press and politicians manipulated her image to demonize poor black women. This is the dazzling story of what was done to Linda Taylor, what she did to others, and what was done in her name." --,Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Levin, J. (2019). The Queen: the forgotten life behind an American myth (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levin, Josh, 1980-. 2019. The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levin, Josh, 1980-. The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Levin, Josh. The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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