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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Levin, Josh, 1980- author.     Subjects     Taylor, Linda, 1926-2002.     Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.     Welfare fraud -- United States -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Levin, Josh, 1980- author.       by title:      The queen [large typ...         MARC Display

The queen [large type] : the forgotten life behind an American myth / Josh Levin. by Levin, Josh, 1980- author. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. Subjects Taylor, Linda, 1926-2002.   Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.   Welfare fraud -- United States -- Case studies. ISBN:  9781432871499 (large print) ; (hardback) 1432871498 (large print) ; (hardback) Series:  Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. Description:  695 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Edition:  Large print edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. The detective who checked it out soon discovered she was a welfare cheat who drove a Cadillac to collect ill-gotten government checks. And that was just the beginning: Taylor, it turned out, was also a kidnapper, and possibly a murderer. A desperately ill teacher, a combat-traumatized Marine, an elderly woman hungry for companionship- after Taylor came into their lives, all three ended up dead under suspicious circumstances. But nobody- not the journalists who touted her story, not the police, and not presidential candidate Ronald Reagan- seemed to care about anything but her welfare thievery. Growing up in the Jim Crow South, Taylor was made an outcast because of the color of her skin. As she rose to infamy, the press and politicians manipulated her image to demonize poor black women. Part social history, part true-crime investigation, Josh Levin's mesmerizing book, the product of six years of reporting and research, is a fascinating account of American racism, and an exposé of the "welfare queen" myth, one that fueled political debates that reverberate to this day. The Queen tells, for the first time, the fascinating story of what was done to Linda Taylor, what she did to others, and what was done in her name"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy LT 364.16309 Taylor Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Large Type LT 364.16309 Taylor Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Large Type LT 364.16309 Taylor Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 364.16309 Taylor Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Large Type LT 364.16309 Taylor Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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