Columbine: A True Crime Story by Jeff Kass


Columbine: A True Crime Story
Title : Columbine: A True Crime Story
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ISBN : 1938633261
ISBN-10 : 978-1938633263
Language : English
Format Type : and 1 more , Kindle, Paperback
Number of Pages : 334 pages
Publication : Bower House

The result of 15 years of research and exclusive information, this is the first book of investigative journalism to tell the complete story of Littleton, Colorado's 1999 mass shooting, its far reaching consequences, and common characteristics among public shooters across the country. A classic in the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioners Song, it comprehensively explores fundamental American themes of violence, racism, parenting, and policing. This updated and revised edition concludes with new material about public shootings since Columbine and how communities can stop such horrific events from happening in the future.

Columbine: A True Crime Story Reviews

  • Arian

    If you're looking for a purely factual account on Columbine, you can't really go wrong with this book. It's a great book to start out with. Not many inaccuracies but I wish he would've gone over about the bullying culture at Columbine and Dylan's darker side he hid

  • ix56732

    Jeff Kass’ book Columbine: A True Crime Story is now in its second edition, issued in 2014. The first edition came out in 2009, like Dave Cullen’s Columbine. It is published by Conundrum Press. Like Dave Cullen, Jeff Kass is a journalist who participated in the initial

  • Kelly H

    the rest descended into a bunch of boring gobbledygook of the chaotic aftermath who said what to whom, who disagreed and when, who the reporters could grab pictures of, who they could talk into betraying confidences, who released what reports to where, what law

  • Gypsy

    The true story of Columbine fascinates me, especially Eric Harris. This is such a sad day in history. Having said that I enjoyed this book but didn't care about all the writing of other school shooters nor did I care for the fact that Eric and Dylan WERE bullied and

  • MLO

    As I'm reading this book, I keep having to remind myself that this stuff is real and actually happened. Sometimes I feel like I'm in another universe as I'm reading fighting myself in the reality of how people can do stuff like this. Sooooooooooo different from my school

  • JLB

    I’ve read a few other Columbine books, including Dave Cullen’s. I would say it’s similar in style to Cullen’s (Cullen and Kass are both journalists, after all), only Kass goes into much depth about the Klebold and Harris families, as well as puts Eric’s and Dylan’s

  • B C

    I really enjoyed the way Kass eloquently guides the reader through this horrific tragedy. I loved learning about the Shoels Family. Great research presented in a respectful and honorary way. So many interesting facts that I had never read elsewhere. I was

  • Cheyenne Biorge

    This book is a must read for anyone who wants to learn about the Columbine shootings. The work and research into the events surrounding the tradegy are so thorough, this book serves as encyclopedia for everything that happened before, during, and after. Highly