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020			_z9780307886125 (ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)815873432 _z(OCoLC)812781091
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049			_aNFGA
092			_a364.1552 _bK78
100	1		_aKoerner, Brendan I. _9231256
245	1	4	_aThe skies belong to us : _blove and terror in the golden age of hijacking / _cBrendan I. Koerner.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCrown Publishers, _c[2013]
300			_a318 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.
520			_aIn an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. The longest-distance hijacking in American history took place in 1972 when a shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow, commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague war protest. Through a combination of savvy and dumb luck, the couple managed to flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom, a feat that made them notorious around the globe. Journalist Brendan I. Koerner spent four years chronicling this madcap tale, which involves a cast of characters ranging from exiled Black Panthers to African despots to French movie stars.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aHijacking of aircraft _zUnited States _vCase studies. _9231257
942			_cBOOK _011
994			_aC0 _bNFG
998			_a007371178
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