The skies belong to us: love and terror in the golden age of hijacking
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New York : Crown Publishers, [2013].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status:
Loveland Adult Nonfiction
364.1552 Koerner, B.
Description
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of the idealism of the sixties, 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 documents and interviewed scores of key figures in the drama-including one of the hijackers, whom Koerner discovered living in total obscurity. Yet The Skies Belong to Us is more than just an enthralling yarn about a spectacular heist and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath. It is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307886101
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Koerner, B. I. (2013). The skies belong to us: love and terror in the golden age of hijacking. First edition. New York, Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Koerner, Brendan I. 2013. The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking. New York, Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Koerner, Brendan I, The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking. New York, Crown Publishers, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Koerner, Brendan I. The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking. First edition. New York, Crown Publishers, 2013.
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