Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Koerner, Brendan I. |
| Publisher: | Crown |
| Date: | 6/17/2014 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.
Inan America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of ’60sidealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over afive-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusionedseized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jarsof acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimedto swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerizedthe country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holderand mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer WesternAirlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollarsin ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking inAmerican history.
More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and atestament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.
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