Columbine
- Authors
- Cullen, Dave
- Publisher
- Twelve
- Tags
- violence in society , modern , colorado , united states , west (ak; ca; co; hi; id; mt; nv; ut; wy) , school shootings , state & local , history , general , school safety & violence , psychology , murder , social science , educational policy & reform , columbine high school massacre; littleton; colo.; 1999 , true crime , education , littleton
- ISBN
- 9780446552219
- Date
- 2009-04-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.45 MB
- Lang
- en
Columbine ― it used to represent a lovely blue flower that grows in the West. Sadly, it now has a different, much darker legacy of terrified students and of a pair of killers who did away with themselves before they could answer any of our questions. Columbine has also come to stand for a flawed response by the authorities, and has spurred a whole new protocol for combating school violence. But what do we really know about what happened?
Way too little, according to Cullen, whose thrilling book was ten years in the making. And he should know. Cullen was on the scene from day one, and in the years since, has pored over hundreds of interviews, read 25,000 pages of evidence, and reviewed countless hours of video and audiotape. As a result, he's uniquely qualified to dispel many rumors that were reported as fact, and to offer a new explanation behind Harris and Klebold's deadly rampage.
Were the two boys outcasts or Goths? Did they really target jocks or Christians? How much planning did they do, and did anyone help? Was the same motivation driving both of them? Cullen brings to light new truths central to the attacks in a book that should be required reading for anyone who wants to make sure no other high school suffers the fate of the one in Littleton, Colorado.
(*Summer 2009 Selection*)