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The hijacking of American Flight 119 : how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it / John Wigger.
Lippincott Library HE9779 .W54 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wigger, John H., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooper, D. B.
- Hijacking of aircraft--United States.
- Hijacking of aircraft.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 284 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York City : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "The man walked across the tarmac toward the Boeing 727 carrying a briefcase containing the $30 wig, a pair of rubber gloves, a smoke grenade, and two guns-a Spitfire machine gun with the stock and front grip removed and eleven inches cut off the barrel, making it compact enough to fit in the briefcase, and a small-caliber pistol. It was Friday, June 23, 1972, just after 2 p.m. and about 80 degrees, but not particularly humid for St. Louis, with a light breeze. He had paid $70 for the roundtrip ticket to Tulsa and back, under the name "Robert Wilson." As was almost always the case in the era before metal detectors and heightened security, he had walked through the terminal and directly to his gate without stopping. No one asked to see what he was carrying"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- PART I. The heist. The hijacking
- Sharon Wetherley
- David Spellman
- The friendly skies
- Heinrick von George
- The money
- Mohawk Airlines Flight 452
- The pilots
- The parachutes
- D.B. Cooper
- Tom Parker
- Richard McCoy
- The switch
- David Hanley
- Cadillac impact
- The Boeing 727
- Snipers
- Chase planes
- A short history of parachuting
- Wheels up
- The jump
- PART II. The chase. The call
- Dead or alive
- Peru, Indiana
- Nowhere man
- The sketch
- Survivors
- The money, the guns, and the pants
- Show me the money
- Tell me your name
- The parachute
- The tip
- A life of crime
- The plan
- A ride home
- The informant
- Fingerprints
- The arrest
- Evidence
- Fallout
- Hijacker's heaven
- PART III. Connecting flights. How it began
- Take me to Cuba
- Anywhere but here
- Hijack house
- Security
- Ransoms
- A means of escape
- The trial
- Prison break
- Finding D.B. Cooper
- Arrivals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780197695753
- 0197695752
- OCLC:
- 1408765463
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