A little more than 50 years ago D.B Cooper skyjacked a plane here in the Northwest and was given \;$200\,000 in cash and four parachutes. \; He told the crew to set a course for Mexi co City\, but before the plane landed for refueling he jumped from the bac k of the plane. \;He has never been identified and only $5800 has bee n found. \;
\nDarrell Jabin\; Oregon&rsquo\;s T raveling Historian\, has been discovering\, researching and sharing storie s about Oregon and Oregon history since 2009. \;He has shared these s tories in award-winning videos\, with a growing audience on social media\, on a twice-monthly radio broadcast and in more than 600 presentations. He has a special connection to the D.B. Cooper case. \;
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2026 A Novel Idea Book
Selection:
Supersonic \;charts the rise of a b
oomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In the p
resent day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename
her daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmother&mdash\
;a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as
a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generationa
l story of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who gets to d
efine the future. \;
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Through interwoven lives&mdash\
;an opioid-addicted 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building
a jet that will fly faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed en
trepreneur\, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;Sup
ersonic reveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath
its feet. At once intimate and panoramic\, the story channels the restless
energy that propels the West. \;
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About the
Author: \;
Thomas \;Kohnstamm \;was born and rai
sed in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he grew up in&mdash\;now
with his wife and two children. \;A freelance writer for over twenty y
ears\, \;he&rsquo\;s \;been a Spanish &\; Portuguese translator
\, travel writer\, video &\; animation producer and has covered subject
s ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to backcountry
skiing. \;Supersonic \;is his third book. \;
Learn more about A Novel Idea
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