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The family Roe : an American story / Joshua Prager.

Prager, Joshua, (author.).

Summary:
Reports on the Supreme Court's most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.
"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393247718
  • ISBN: 0393247716
  • Physical Description: 655 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [625]-636) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Wade, Henry > Trials, litigation, etc.
Coffee, Linda.
Boyd, Curtis Wayne.
Jefferson, Mildred.
Trials (Abortion) > Washington (D.C.)
Abortion > Law and legislation > United States > History.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 342.73 PRAGER (Text) 50686016127990 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 342.7308 PRA (Text) 33240004937648 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carroll Valley Library 342.7308 PRAGER (Text)
Endowment: Helen D. Tunison Named Endowment, 2021
35740635798473 Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults Roe Biography (Text) 34001001400777 Adult Area Available -
Exeter Community Library 342.73 PRA (Text) 33249024807392 Non-fiction Available -
Genesee Area Library 342.73 PRA (Text) 30305000916624 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 342.7308 Prager History (Text) 39427103653416 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Juniata County Library 973 PRA (Text) 39640100620234 JUNM Non-Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 342.73084 PRA (Text) 33400001526402 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 342.73 PRA Life Times (Text) 33454005818752 2nd Floor Available -


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