DB Cooper: The Untold Story of a Daredevil Hijacker

by Frances J. Armstrong

Over the years, the name D.B. Cooper has come up a few times, and the name itself has become rather infamous. For a name that isn't even the man's real name, or the real alias he used, it's seen more air time than most criminals. The real alias that the suspect used when purchasing his airline ticket was Dan Cooper, but there was an error in communication in the news studio used the wrong name and it caught on.

The media epithet was used to refer to the man responsible for hijacking a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24th of 1971. The aircraft was taken in flight between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The final destination for the flight was the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and it originated from the Northwest Orient Airport. When the man using the alias Dan Cooper arrived at Northwest Orient Airlines, he bought himself a one-way ticket to Seattle, Washington on flight number 305 with cash. Witnesses stated that he seemed to be somewhere in his mid-40s and was quiet, while wearing an unassuming business suit with a white shirt and black tie.

So who was this man? This book looks at his daring hijacking, and tries to get to the bottom of the unsolved mystery that has stood ever since - who was D.B. Cooper?

107 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 21, 2017

Reviews

[Aubrey Hankinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very informational. It gave me more insight on the hijacking. I learned some information that I didn't know before. Even though it was a short book, it offered up a lot of key clues. I like how it almost took me back to that day in history and made me feel like I was on that flight myself.

[Johanna Baxter · Rating 3 out of 5]

So sad.

I’m sad. I guess...more disappointed than anything else. I wanted more and well, meh. It just left me, as with many titles about DB Cooper, wanting more. I thought this book was going to take a much different direction than it did. I’m not sure I’d recommend this.

[F · Rating 3 out of 5]

For less than 40 pages it gives a pretty good thumbnail sketch of the DB Cooper story. It has afew editing/proofreading problems but not enough to be too distracting. I would knowingly read more of her work.

[Sarah Taylor · Rating 1 out of 5]

So many simple grammar or spelling errors! It made it hard for me to focus on what I was actually reading.