{"product_id":"book-ashv","title":"Skyjack","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • The true, unsolved story of D. B. Cooper’s 1971 airplane hijacking, one of the greatest cold cases of the twentieth century, by an author featured in \u003ci\u003eD.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!,\u003c\/i\u003e now streaming on Netflix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Here is writing and storytelling that is vivid and fresh—a delectable adventure.”—Gay Talese\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThat was the note handed to flight attendant Florence Schaffner by a mild-mannered passenger now known as D. B. Cooper on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was also the start of one of the most astonishing aviation whodunits in the history of American true crime: how one man extorted $200,000 from an airline before parachuting into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, never to be seen again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case of D. B. Cooper is a modern legend that has obsessed and cursed his pursuers for generations with everything from bankruptcy to suicidal despair. Now, with \u003ci\u003eSkyjack\u003c\/i\u003e, Geoffrey Gray obtains a first-ever look at the FBI’s confidential Cooper file, uncovering new leads in the infamous case. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStarting with a crack tip from a private investigator, Gray plunges into the murky depths of the decades-old mystery to chase down new clues and explore secrets of the case’s most prominent suspects, including Ralph Himmelsbach, the most dogged of FBI agents, who watched with horror as a criminal became a counter-culture folk hero; Karl Fleming, a respected reporter whose career was destroyed by a D. B. Cooper scoop that was a scam; and Barbara Dayton, a transgender pilot who insisted she was Cooper herself. With explosive new information, \u003ci\u003eSkyjack \u003c\/i\u003ereopens one of the great cold cases of the twentieth century.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49338772980016,"sku":"BDashv","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/301775-ashv-Square.jpg?v=1734004145","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ashv","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}