The Last Flight
The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
$39.54
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2026
Summary
“A technically rich, warmly patriotic account.” - *Kirkus Reviews*
One of Town & Country’s Best Books of the Fall
On a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard—triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history. For days, the world watched and waited.
But the full story of what happened a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400262236 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400262232 |
| Author: | Theresa M. Webster, W. Russell Webster, Captain W. Russell Webster |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Focus |
| Imprint: | Harper Select |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 161mm x 236mm |
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Theresa M. Webster
Captain W. “Russ” Webster retired from federal service in 2023 following a forty-six-year career with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Transportation Security Administration, and the United States Coast Guard. He served in the Coast Guard for twenty-six years, where he was engaged in or oversaw more than ten thousand search and rescue cases.
During his tenure at the Transportation Security Administration, Webster helped inaugurate the behavioral detection (antiterrorist) program for passenger screening and the use of TSA screeners at other transportation venues. As FEMA’s New England’s Region 1 Administrator, Captain Webster co-led the federal government’s Northeast COVID operations at the start of the pandemic. Upon his retirement from FEMA, Captain Webster was recognized by the Department of Homeland Security with the Secretary’s Outstanding Performance Award.
Captain Webster is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, where he was honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni. He holds master’s degrees from the Naval War College and the Naval Postgraduate School.
Theresa Mitchell Webster is a historian, an award-winning journalist, and a former history newsmagazine editor. She is the author of eight books focused on the intersection between maritime and cultural history, science, and the natural world. Theresa holds graduate degrees from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Yale University, and Eastern Washington University.
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