The family Roe : an American story / Joshua Prager.
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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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)
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Helen D. Tunison Named Endowment, 2021
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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 | - |