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100 1 $aKoerner, Brendan I.
245 14 $aThe skies belong to us :$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
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338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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.
505 0 $a"Keep smiling" -- Coos Bay -- "I don't want to be an American anymore" -- Sweet black angel -- "I'm here and I exist -- Operation Sisyphus -- "There are Weathermen among you" -- "Can't you get a chopper?" -- "It's all a lie" -- The choice -- "We are going to be friends" -- "My only bomb is my human heart" -- "How do you resign from a revolution?" -- "The Olympics wasn't anything" -- "Monsieur Lecanuet, anyone can steal-- " -- Omega -- Tweety Bird -- Erased.
650 0 $aHijacking of aircraft$zUnited States$vCase studies.
600 10 $aHolder, Roger.
600 10 $aKerkow, Cathy.
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