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First edition. |
| Description |
655 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm |
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| Summary |
Reports on the Supreme Court's most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-636) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Sex and religion -- Part II. Three Texans -- Part III. Roe v. Wade -- Part IV. "The raw edges of human existence" -- Part V. Undue burden -- Part VI. Born again -- Part VII. Repercussion -- Part VIII. The family Roe. |
| Summary |
"Despite her famous pseudonym, "Jane Roe," no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1969 opened a great fracture in American life. Journalist Joshua Prager spent hundreds of hours with Norma, discovered her personal papers--a previously unseen trove--and witnessed her final moments. The Family Roe presents her life in full. Propelled by the crosscurrents of sex and religion, gender and class, it is a life that tells the story of abortion in America." -- inside front jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Wade, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Coffee, Linda.
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Boyd, Curtis Wayne.
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Jefferson, Mildred.
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Trials (Abortion) -- Washington (D.C.)
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Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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| Added Title |
American story |
| ISBN |
9780393247718 (hc.) : $35.00 |
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0393247716 (hc.) |
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