John Wigger is professor of history at the University of Missouri. His research focuses on American religious and cultural history. He is the author of American Saint and Taking Heaven by Storm.
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He pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night, and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, “D. B. Cooper”—n... SEE MORE