Columbine: A True Crime Story, a Victim, the Killers and the Nation's Search for Answers($19.66Value)

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Literary Nonfiction. United States Studies. With a foreword by Douglas Brinkley and cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. Ten years after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve classmates and a teacher, Columbine remains the world's most iconic school shooting. COLUMBINE: A TRUE CRIME STORY, A VICTIM, THE KILLERS AND THE NATION'S SEARCH FOR ANSWERS is the first book of investigative journalism to tell the complete story of that day, the far-reaching consequences, and the common denominators among school shooters across the country. Jeff Kass was one of the first reporters on scene and has continued to cover the story as a staff writer for Denver's Rocky Mountain News. "On Nov. 21, 2008, the Harris and Klebold parents were sent the same letter requesting cooperation. "Your stories have yet to be fully told, and I view your help as an issue of historical significance," it said. "In 10 years, there have been no major, mainstream books on Columbine. This will be the first, and it may be the only one." The letter came not from Mr. Cullen but from Jeff Kass, whose Columbine: A True Crime Story, published by the small Ghost Road Press, preceded Columbine by a couple of weeks. "Mr. Kass, whose tough account is made even sadder by the demise of The Rocky Mountain News in which his Columbine coverage appeared, has also delivered an intensive Columbine overview. Some of the issues he raises and information he digs up go unnoticed by Mr. Cullen." -- --Janet Maslin , New York Times "What was it about Columbine? Of all the school shootings over the past two decades, it's the one that festers, an ugly wound that won't heal... Kass' book... [a] straightforward chilling account of what happened...." --USA -- USA TODAY "A decade after the most dramatic school massacre in American history, Jeff Kass applies his considerable reporting talents to exploring the mystery of how two teens could have planned and carried out such gruesome acts without their own family and best friends knowing about it. Actually, there were important clues, but they were missed or downgraded both by those who knew the boys best and by public officials who came in contact with them. An engrossing and cautionary tale for everyone who cares about how to prevent kids from going bad." ---- ---Ted Gest , President, Criminal Justice Journalists "What was it about Columbine? Of all the school shootings over the past two decades, it's the one that festers, an ugly wound that won't heal... Kass' book... [a] straightforward chilling account of what happened...." "Kass breaks ground with the uncovering of a deposition given by Harris and Klebold's juvenile diversion officer in a federal lawsuit. Robert Kriegshauser, who has never spoken publicly...a straightforward approach, working backward from the events of the fateful day." Jeff Kass is a former Los Angeles Times reporter now on staff at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He has been a regular contributor to US News & World Report , Boston Globe , Christian Science Monitor and Newsday , and has written for Chicago Tribune , Dallas Morning News , and Los Angeles Times on national stories out of Colorado and the West. He has appeared on CNN, Court TV, FoxNews, PBS, E! True Hollywood Story, and radio. He has also taught the history of journalism at Denver University and Metropolitan State College of Denver. Used Book in Good Condition