| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
655 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
still image sti rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-636) and index. |
| Contents |
Sex and religion -- Three Texans -- Roe v. Wade -- "The raw edges of human existence" -- Undue burden -- Born again -- Repercussion -- 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 ... 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. |
| Subject |
McCorvey, Norma, 1947-2017.
|
|
McCorvey, Norma, 1947-2017 -- Family.
|
|
Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
|
|
Wade, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc.
|
|
Coffee, Linda, 1942-
|
|
Boyd, Curtis Wayne.
|
|
Trials (Abortion) -- United States -- History.
|
|
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
|
| Added Title |
American story |
| ISBN |
9780393247718 (hardcover) |
|
0393247716 (hardcover) |
|
