A comic novel about college football, written by a former offensive lineman at the University of Michigan. It describes the academic and athletic career of Elwood Reilly, who enters the University of Michigan on an athletic scholarship. A bright student from a tough working-class family, Reilly has to adjust himself to the values of the "fellas": ...
A carpenter named Jack who is seeking adventure treks with a friend into the wilderness near the Arctic Circle to rescue a young woman from a cult. After a series of arduous experiences, they arrive in the frozen north, only to find a commune headed by a mad and corrupt but charismatic figure.
This novel speculates about the past and future adventures of real-life folk hero D. B. Cooper, who in 1971 hijacked a plane, asked for and received $200,000, and then parachuted from the plane in midair, never to be seen again. The second, intersecting storyline concerns Frank Marshall, one of the FBI agents assigned to Cooper's case.
In 1971, a man calling himself D.B. Cooper hijacked a flight, claimed his ransom without harming a soul and vanished. He parachuted out of the plane over the dense woods of the Pacific Northwest with $200,000 strapped to his body. Elwood Reid uses this true story as a starting point, imagining Cooper as Phil Fitch, a Vietnam vet with a failed ...
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