Skyjack
Author: Gray, Geoffrey
ISBN: 9780307451309
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Aug 2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
With exclusive access to confidential FBI files and new leads, Geoffrey Gray reopens one of the great unsolved criminal cases of the 20th century- the puzzling story of "D. B. Cooper," the only skyjacker never to be caught by authorities.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . The true, unsolved story of D. B. Cooper's 1971 airplane hijacking, one of the greatest cold cases of the twentieth century, byan authorfeatured in D.B. Cooper- Where Are You?!, now streaming on Netflix
"Here is writing and storytelling that is vivid and fresh-a delectable adventure."-Gay Talese
"I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me."
That was the note handed to flight attendant Florence Schaffner by a mild-mannered passenger now known as D. B. Cooperon a Northwest Orient flight in 1971.It was alsothe start of one of the most astonishing aviation whodunits in the history of American true crime- how one man extorted $200,000 from an airline before parachuting into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen again.
The case of D. B. Cooper is a modern legend that has obsessed and cursed his pursuers for generations with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now, with Skyjack, Geoffrey Gray obtains a first-ever look at the FBI's confidential Cooper file, uncovering new leads in the infamous case.
Starting with a crack tip from a private investigator, Gray plunges into the murky depths of the decades-old mystery to chase down new clues and explore secrets of the case's most prominent suspects, including Ralph Himmelsbach, the most dogged of FBI agents, who watched with horror as a criminal became a counter-culture folk hero; Karl Fleming, a respected reporter whose career was destroyed by a D. B. Cooper scoop that was a scam; and Barbara Dayton, a transgender pilot who insisted she was Cooper herself. With explosive new information, Skyjack reopens one of the great cold cases of the twentieth century.
ISBN: 9780307451309
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Aug 2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
With exclusive access to confidential FBI files and new leads, Geoffrey Gray reopens one of the great unsolved criminal cases of the 20th century- the puzzling story of "D. B. Cooper," the only skyjacker never to be caught by authorities.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . The true, unsolved story of D. B. Cooper's 1971 airplane hijacking, one of the greatest cold cases of the twentieth century, byan authorfeatured in D.B. Cooper- Where Are You?!, now streaming on Netflix
"Here is writing and storytelling that is vivid and fresh-a delectable adventure."-Gay Talese
"I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me."
That was the note handed to flight attendant Florence Schaffner by a mild-mannered passenger now known as D. B. Cooperon a Northwest Orient flight in 1971.It was alsothe start of one of the most astonishing aviation whodunits in the history of American true crime- how one man extorted $200,000 from an airline before parachuting into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen again.
The case of D. B. Cooper is a modern legend that has obsessed and cursed his pursuers for generations with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now, with Skyjack, Geoffrey Gray obtains a first-ever look at the FBI's confidential Cooper file, uncovering new leads in the infamous case.
Starting with a crack tip from a private investigator, Gray plunges into the murky depths of the decades-old mystery to chase down new clues and explore secrets of the case's most prominent suspects, including Ralph Himmelsbach, the most dogged of FBI agents, who watched with horror as a criminal became a counter-culture folk hero; Karl Fleming, a respected reporter whose career was destroyed by a D. B. Cooper scoop that was a scam; and Barbara Dayton, a transgender pilot who insisted she was Cooper herself. With explosive new information, Skyjack reopens one of the great cold cases of the twentieth century.
