Project Gutenberg 2009-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 126 Smith, William J. Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The Last Straw Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Last Straw" by William J. Smith is a suspenseful mystery novella written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around an aviation accident involving a plane crash, delving into the extensive investigations that attempt to uncover the truth behind it. The likely topic of the book is the exploration of human error and the complexities involved in understanding catastrophic events that defy explanation. The story follows investigator Kessler as he grapples with the baffling details surrounding the crash, including the peculiarities of the passengers and crew aboard the ill-fated flight. As Kessler meets with Senator Brogan, they discuss the various individuals involved, revealing their mundane concerns and personal histories. Despite meticulous research and interviews with acquaintances, Kessler uncovers the unsettling number of "accident-prone" characteristics among those on board, which may illuminate a darker, more bizarre explanation for the disaster. Driven by a need for clarity, Kessler embarks on a personal quest to connect the dots, ultimately suggesting that the coincidence of shared vulnerabilities might have played a significant role in the tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Accident investigation -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 67789 67786 2025-01-12T14:24:14.983631 2023-09-13T11:35:27.520902 text/html text/html 64342 2021-01-05T23:38:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 155657 2021-01-05T23:38:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 221119 2025-01-12T14:24:18.974600 application/epub+zip 220006 2025-01-12T14:24:16.649631 application/epub+zip 85139 2025-01-12T14:24:15.567641 application/epub+zip 299262 2025-01-12T14:24:20.733644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292284 2025-01-12T14:24:18.350608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126995 2022-09-14T08:06:09.844717 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61571 61467 2025-01-12T14:24:14.688617 2023-09-13T11:35:27.295911 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61448 2021-01-05T23:38:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23817 2021-01-05T23:38:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19621 2025-01-12T14:24:20.859610 application/rdf+xml 11063 2025-01-12T14:24:16.092625 image/jpeg 3139 2025-01-12T14:24:15.830620 image/jpeg 214826 2025-01-12T14:24:14.995641 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog