SKYJACK: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
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db cooper: SKYJACK: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
db cooper: SKYJACK: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
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“I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me.”
That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was the start of one of the most astonishing whodunits in the history of American true crime: how one man extorted 0,000 from an airline, then parachuted into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest and into oblivion. D. B. Cooper’s case has become the stuff of legend and obsessed and cursed his pursuers with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now with Skyjack, journalist Geoffrey Gray delves into this unsolved mystery uncovering new leads in the infamous case.
Starting with a tip from a private investigator into a promising suspect (a Cooper lookalike, Northwest employee, and trained paratrooper), Gray is propelled into the murky depths of a decades-old mystery, conducting new interviews and obtaining a first-ever look at Cooper’s FBI file. Beginning with a heartstopping and unpreced
Unnervingly motivating.,
I went into this book with about as much motivation to search fr D.B. Cooper or his money, with the same amount of motivation that I have for anything else, I’ll never do. Not an ounce. However, about 30 minutes after, I start thinking how many vacation days I have coming to me this year and how I can explain to the wife that our vacation to the Pacific Northwest is going to be more fun that DinseyWorld. It has crept into my mind unknowingly and unwittingly, though not unpleasant, I yearning to talk about it with someone.
I cannot recommend it enough.
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Simply a delightful book! I thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way. I was especially impressed with the exhaustive research that truly brought this story, of lore, to life in the present day. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to read captivating stories of thrill, suspense, and heist.
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