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The woman who wouldn't talk

Title
The woman who wouldn't talk / Susan McDougal ; with Pat Harris ; introduction by Helen Thomas.
Author
McDougal, Susan.
Publication
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.

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Additional Authors
Harris, Pat (Patrick)
Description
xv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • "How a small-town Arkansas woman became a nationally known felon is one of the most fascinating and unexamined legacies of the Clinton presidency. Born to a U.S. Army sergeant and his Belgian bride, Susan Henley was one of seven children in a boisterous Arkansas family; in her teens, she made patriotic speeches at her local American Legion hall.
  • In 1976, she married Jim McDougal, a mercurial entrepreneur, who soon turned their life into a rolling sideshow of bank acquisitions and real estate deals, including one fatefully dubbed Whitewater." "In the mid 1990s, Susan McDougal unexpectedly found herself facing federal prosecutors who represented Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. They offered her a deal - relief from legal jeopardy that included Whitewater charges in exchange for damaging information on Bill and Hillary Clinton.".
  • "McDougal examines the life choices she has made. She also offers fresh anecdotes about the Clintons' early years in politics, a close-up view of Starr's sinister investigation, and a moving portrait of what happens to women in American prisons."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • McDougal, Susan
  • Clinton, Bill, 1946- > Friends and associates
  • Whitewater Inquiry, 1993-2000
  • Witnesses > United States > Biography
  • Intimidation > United States > Case studies
  • Political corruption > Arkansas > History > 20th century
  • Arkansas > Politics and government > 1951-
Note
  • Includes index.
ISBN
0786711280
LCCN
2002192705
OCLC
  • ocm51022841
  • SCSB-4328756
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries