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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Old Street Publishing (17 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906964149
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906964146
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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'fascinating . . . The detailed account of the siege gave me nightmares. Cullen has done an amazing job of assembling a coherent and often gripping narrative out of truckloads of documents and often conflicting testimony.' IRISH TIMES--'Gripping and authoritative' GUARDIAN-- 'Definitive . . . so vivid you can almost smell the gunpowder and fear . . . has the pacing of an action movie and the complexity of a Shakespearean drama' NEWSWEEK - 'A staggering feat of reporting' GQ MAGAZINE - 'Graphic and emotionally vivid; spectacularly researched and analysed' BOOKLIST- 'Dave Cullen has been on top of the Columbine story from day one' NEW YORK TIMES - 'Comprehensively nightmarish . . . Columbine is a necessary book. . . . The actual events of April 20, 1999, are exactly as appalling as you'd expect, and Cullen doesn't spare us a second of them.' TIME MAGAZINE - '[A] book that hits you like a crime scene photo, a reminder of what journalism at its best is all about' LOS ANGELES TIMES - 'This superb work of investigation looks to be a definitive account... the author s investigative reporting techniques are on abundant display, not only in the text but in the forty pages of endnotes and bibliography. Columbine promises to be a classic of in-depth journalism' COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW - 'Dave Cullen's COLUMBINE is the more ambitious and ultimately compelling take on the tragedy . . . he breaks new ground . . . dispels myths . . . and makes us feel intensely for those who were killed and wounded.' USA TODAY - 'a definitive history of Columbine' NEW YORK POST - 'astonishingly comprehensive' CHICAGO TRIBUNE --**


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On 20th April 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold made their bid to leave 'a lasting impression on the world'. They drove to school, planted two huge bombs in the dining area, then positioned themselves outside the main entrance to pick off the fleeing teachers and students. The bombs failed, but the ensuing massacre defined a new brand of school violence - one that has started to cross the Atlantic. In the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and almost ten years in the making, Columbine is the definitive account of those terrible events. Cullen lays bare the callous brutality of mastermind Eric Harris, and the timid, suicidal Dylan Klebold, who had been to the prom just three days earlier and wrote obsessively about love in his journal. A close-up study of violence, grief and an all-consuming media frenzy, Columbine is above all a compelling, tragic and utterly human portrait of two young killers.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Insight, 14 April 2009
By Mrs. C. Linton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbine (Hardcover)
It's hard to believe the Columbine shooting happened 10 years ago. I have always been interested by it - such an unusual, atypical scenario, and wanted to find out more. This book goes into great detail of the lives of the 2 shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in the year before the event. They left so much material - journals, videos etc. that the author can establish clear timelines of their thought process and reasons for decisions they made. It raises the fact that this was never supposed to be a regular school shooting, but a massive bombing attack that went wrong. It goes into the reactions and emotions of the town (and especially the surviving students) following the attack, and how they have moved forward from it.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a Tour d'Force, 23 May 2009
By Stracs "Stracs" (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have read a large number of true crime books, and can honestly say this is one of the best yet. Dave Cullen, an American journalist who covered the Columbine Shootings from the day they happened, has produced the definitive account of the case which it will be hard to surpass.

Cullen skillfully weaves together the story of the actual shootings, the long lasting affects on the survivors and relatives of the victims, the lead up to the events and what motivated Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to carry out the massacre. The "story" moves along at a fast pace which keeps the reader interested all of the time, but still manages to thoroughly cover all of the material so you are not left feeling short changed.

The book is very well researched with extensive access to original source material such as the journals of the two killers, police documentation etc, as well as interviews with an impressive number of those involved in the case.Perhaps most impressive, especially coming from a journalist, is that Cuillen actually debunks the myths which have grown up around the case and provides a compelling "re-analysis" of the case and the motivations of the killers. Thus the book does not agree with most you have read that the killers were targeting people in revenge for having been bullied etc at school. Rather Cullen sets the record straight on how the attsack actually was intended to be a bombing, and that Harris and Klebold hated humanity and set out to kill as many as possible rather then target and specific groups.

All of this makes this book a compelling read, full of fascinating and new information, written in the best traditions of true crime journalism. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Columbine or true crime in general.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, 9 Oct 2009
By Isaac W. E. Puzey (South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
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I was looking forward to reading this book and I wasn't let down when I got round to buying it. A vivid and thoroughly researched account of the Columbine Massacre which I think nothing else before or after has come close to rivaling.

However, there are two small points which I'd like to pick up on that I did not think the authour addressed:

Firstly, I read or heard from other sources that Wayne Harris (Eric Harris' father) phoned 911 during the massacre to express his cocern that he believed his son was involved. Yet there is no mention in the book about this. In fact it claims that Tom Klebold (Dylan Klebolds' father) had rang 911 during the massacre. I wonder if anyone could explain this discrepancy.

Secondly, I was surprised that after so much research and vivid retelling of numerous connecting storylines to the massacre, the library massacre wasn't recreated in much detail. There were scenes from the library which were certainly very harrowing and remarkable which were mentioned in the book, such as Patrick Ireland's incredible escape through the window, or Emily Wyant's account of the Cassie Bernall incident. Yet there were other important moments which were worth a mention, such as one student who escaped with the killers permission because they knew him. (John Savage I think his name was)

Overall, despite these two minor omissions, the book is compelling and extremely detailed. If you are interested in true crime stories or just the columbine massacre this book is a must have. Even for those who know nothing about columbine it serves as a dramatic story to a community that was left shattered by such a catastrophic event.

5 stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Harrowing, but worth it
After almost ten years covering the case, Cullen's book about Columbine shows the work of a dedicated and thoughtful journalist. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Nicola

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome piece of journalism
What a brilliantly written book.

Reads like a novel and is so readable, which to me is highly unsual for "True Crime" books. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. F. Mulligan

5.0 out of 5 stars Calm, rational, unputdownable
This very detailed dissection of the horrible Columbine massacre, the events leading up to it and the aftermath, is a simply beautifully written piece of work. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Eric Ambleside

5.0 out of 5 stars Columbine : Dave Cullen
I have read many books on this subject as well as the subject of school shootings . I found this book informative on both subject matter as well as the psychological circumstances... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. S. Barr

5.0 out of 5 stars A thorough and thought-provoking account of the tragedy.
I purchased this book after hearing the author discuss it on a national radio station. I am very interested in this type of subject matter and I am a past student of forensic... Read more
Published 4 months ago by laelaok

5.0 out of 5 stars unbiased, well researched, and un-put-down-able
theres not much more i can add to the above reviews, but the author has clearly researched this tradedy with painstaking detail. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. A. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars As Definitive an Account as is Possible
I saw the images and read the reports in aftermath of the massacre in 1999. Like most I accepted the version of events depicted during that initial period of reporting and moved... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sibby the Cat

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