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The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Ag... by Brendan I Koerner
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very good. See photos. Slight damage on corner”
- Artist
- Brendan I Koerner
- Date of Publication
- 20130618
- Book Title
- The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of H...
- Release Title
- The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of H...
- Title
- The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of H...
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- 9780307886101
- ISBN
- 0307886107
- Length
- 240.03
- Height
- 34.04
- Genre
- Biography: general
- Width
- 160.02
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Skies Belong to Us
- Item Height
- 241mm
- Publisher
- Random House USA INC International Concepts
- Item Width
- 163mm
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 546g
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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In 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, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands, where they imagined being hailed as heroes; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when the young lovers at the heart of Brendan I. Koerner's The Skies Belong to Us pulled off the longest-distance hijacking in American history. A shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague protest against the war. 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. 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. He combed through over 4,000 declassified docu
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Random House USA INC International Concepts
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The Skies Belong to Us
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Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
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Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Item Height
241mm
Item Width
163mm
Item Weight
546g
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