The woman who wouldn't talk
By: Susan McDougal with Pat Harris ; introduction by Helen Thomas.
Contributors: Harris, Pat
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: 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-
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.