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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Size: 9x6x1; This book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 215 pages including a few photos and illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The prior owner stamped an embossed "library of" stamp on the end papers and wrote their name and date on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling or tears. The copyright page shows 1985 as the published date. The black cloth covers are clean with just a hint of edgewear. This book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!
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Very good in very good jacket. 24 cm, 215, illus., some wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ, former owner's embossed stamp on half-title. Max Gunther (1927-1998) was an Anglo-American journalist and writer. He was the author of 26 books, including his best-seller, The Zurich Axioms. Born in England, Gunther moved to the United States at age of 11 after his father, Franz Heinrich (Frank Henry) became the manager of the New York branch of a leading Swiss bank. Gunther's book, The Zurich Axioms is largely based on his father's trading advice. Gunther graduated from Princeton University in 1949 and served in theUnited States Army from 1950 to 1951. The skyjacking of a Northwest Airlines flight in 1971 by D. B. Cooper and his escape by parachute with $200, 000 are now part of the folklore of the Northwest. D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Goeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, extorted $200, 000 in ransom (equivalent to $1, 170, 000 in 2015), and parachuted to an uncertain fate. Despite an extensive manhunt and protracted FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or identified. While FBI investigators stated from the beginning that Cooper probably did not survive his risky jump, they nevertheless pursued all credible leads, evidence, and witnesses over a 45-year period following the crime. As yet, no conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper's true identity or whereabouts. (The suspect purchased his airline ticket using the alias Dan Cooper, but because of a news media miscommunication he became known in popular lore as "D. B. Cooper". ) Numerous theories of widely varying plausibility have been proposed over the years by experts, reporters, and amateur enthusiasts. The discovery of a small cache of ransom bills in 1980 triggered renewed interest, but ultimately only deepened the mystery, and the great majority of the ransom remains unrecovered. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history. The FBI officially suspended active investigation of the case in July 2016, but continues to solicit submission of any physical evidence related to the parachutes or the ransom money that might emerge.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; Slight Fading to Spine Portion Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. The incredible true story of the hijacking, escape, and years of hiding. SYNOPSIS: As the first successful hijacker of an American airliner, D. B. Cooper became a national legend. Here is the true chronicle of D. B. Cooper, the legendary hijacking, and what happened to him afterward. This astonishing and extraordinarily gripping account finally brings to light the entire story. It began several months after the hijacking, when Cooper wrote to author Max Gunther, offering to collaborate on a book; then, apprehensive, Cooper backed off. Ten years later, "Clara, " the woman who helped Cooper escape and who lived with him afterward, contacted Gunther and told him the whole story, supplying details that only she and Cooper could have known. In this incredible and fascinating account, we learn: of the trivial, overheard remark that gave Cooper the idea; of the entire drama of the hijacking, as D. B. himself experienced it; how Cooper's plan almost failed as a result of a chocolate bar, an apple, and a raccoon; how close he came to being caught--once by his wife and once by a suspicious employer; what Cooper really looked like; how he lived after the hijacking--and what became of him. Author Max Gunther took Clara's story and checked it against known facts, talking to everyone involved in the case. Gunther tells of: the dogged FBI agent for whom the case became an obsession; the massive manhunt for Cooper; the mix-up with parachutes that could have cost Cooper his life. This powerfully suspenseful true-crime story is a fascinating and compelling read. -and-D.B. Cooper What Really Happened is the powerfully suspenseful true story of D. B. Cooper's daring crime and life as a fugitive. Author Max Gunther chronicles in gripping detail the events leading up to the hijacking, the elaborate planning and execution of the crime, and the new life Cooper led with the woman who aided his escape. This extraordinary account is investigative reporting at its best. Max Gunther is a former editor for Business Week, Time, and True magazines. His articles have appeared in most major magazines. His books include The Split-Level Trap and The Luck Factor.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover, with dust jacket, in Very Good to Fine condition, SIGNED by the author inside, no other marks or writing, a little scuffing on the glossy jacket, no tears, book itself looks nice,
It was an interesting read but, by -in-large, more fantasy than fact since it was unsubstantiated...just a story related to the author by an annonmous person..
It offeres a perspective on what happened to d.b. cooper if one assumes he did not perish in his parachute jump from a commerical airliner. It did not fail to explain every single question raised by the FBI and investigators. That made me very suspicious that the story was all contrived. Still, it was a wishful explanation of what went might have occured in Cooper's life after the hijacking.