The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the Fbi's Battle to Stop It - Hardcover
by John Wigger
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197695753ISBN-10:197695752UPC:9780197695753Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCFX7FQMMM
The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the Fbi's Battle to Stop It
He pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night, and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, "D.B. Cooper"--no one knows his real name or identity--has become a figure of enduring fascination and obsession. The FBI pursued him for over forty years, before...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197695753ISBN-10:197695752UPC:9780197695753Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCFX7FQMMM
John Wigger is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire, and American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists. He grew up flying with his father and was an avid aerobatic pilot.
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