Columbine 25th Anniversary Memorial Edition

De: Dave Cullen

Narrado por: Don Leslie, Dave Cullen

In remembrance of the 25th anniversary, this definitive account of Columbine examines the aftermath and significance of the massacre: "a staggering work of journalism" (Washington Post).

So begins a new preface, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders." It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers. In the wake of Newtown, Aurora, and Virginia Tech, the imperative to understand the crime that sparked this plague grows more urgent every year.

Dave Cullen was one of the first reporters on the scene, and he spent ten years on this book, the definitive account. With a keen investigative eye and psychological acumen, he draws on mountains of evidence, insight from the world's leading forensic psychologists, and the killers' own words and drawings—several reproduced in a new appendix. Cullen paints raw portraits of two polar opposite killers. They contrast starkly with the flashes of resilience and redemption among the survivors.

"Excellent...amazing how much still comes as a surprise." —New York Times Book Review

"Like Capote's In Cold Blood, this tour de force gets below the who and the what of a horrifying incident to lay bare the devastating why." —People

"A staggering work of journalism." Washington Post

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Salon magazine's Dave Cullen has been on top of the Columbine story from the start... We don't like our evil to be banal. Ten years after Columbine, it only now may be sinking in that the psychopathic killers were not jock-hating dorks from a 'Trench Coat Mafia,' or, as ABC News maintained at the time, 'part of a dark, underground national phenomenon known as the Gothic movement.' In the new bestseller COLUMBINE, the journalist Dave Cullen reaffirms that Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were instead ordinary American teenagers who worked at the local pizza joint, loved their parents and were popular among their classmates."—Frank Rich, The New York Times

"Dave Cullen is the Dante of this high school hell. I came away from it thinking of Jack Nicholson hollering 'You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!' Read this quietly powerful account of Columbine and find out if you can."—Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and The Shakespeare Wars

"Half the anguish of Columbine is our mystification. How did those boys get so twisted, so murderous? Now, after nine years of great reporting, Dave Cullen has done the impossible: you will know these killers -- and it will shake you up. This is a big-time work that will endure."

—Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio and What It Takes

"In this remarkable account of the April 20, 1999, Columbine High School shooting, journalist Cullen not only dispels several of the prevailing myths about the event but tackles the hardest question of all: why did it happen? Drawing on extensive interviews, police reports and his own reporting, Cullen meticulously pieces together what happened when 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 13 people before turning their guns on themselves.... Cullen expertly balances the psychological analysis-enhanced by several of the nation's leading experts on psychopathology-with an examination of the shooting's effects on survivors, victims' families and the Columbine community. Readers will come away from Cullen's unflinching account with a deeper understanding of what drove these boys to kill, even if the answers aren't easy to stomach."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Reivew

"Comprehensive...It's a book that hits you like a crime scene photo, a reminder of what journalism at its best is all about. Cullen knows his material from the inside; he covered Columbine, for Salon and Slate primarily, 'beginning around noon on the day of the attack.' But if this gives him a certain purchase on the story, his perspective is what resonates."—LA Times

Impact and Truth

This is one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read. I’m very grateful for the rumors addressed in this book, and how corrupt the media truly is in tragedy.

Heartbreaking

This was heartbreaking, inspiring and necessary. This book will stay with me for a long time.

Everything I didn’t know

This book shed the truth of the event that I had no idea about. A high school student at the time of the tragedy, I only knew what was In the headlines. This book went very deep into every aspect from beginning to end.

Heartbreaking and beautiful

Very interesting listen, would recommend to others. Great audio quality as well. Really appreciated how positively it ended. Good closure and happy people in the focus.

The clearing up of rumor

Learning the truth about what and why this happened. The truth that came from the diaries was enlightening. It's heartbreaking!

The ending interview and Dave’s transparency.

I appreciated the clarity surrounding the killer’s motives as well as Val Schnurr’s experience and Cassie Bernall’s death.

Details and quotes

Chilling telling if the before, during, and aftermath of a historical tragedy. The details of the killers words were bone chilling.

Refreshingly Informative

Insightful and courageous. It's what I feel for the author for tackling this event and fallout with courage and coming away with truths and insights many wanted or needed to hear/read. Thank you, too, for the narrator, for tackling this reading with sensitivity.

A showcase of true compassion

Absolutely amazing fully encompassed story of the true depths of the Columbine massacre. Covering all angles and addresses all the facts and falsities of the case. Amazing story telling and Dave’s vulnerability and compassion really comes through to the reader. Very moving.

a great work of journalism that puts to rest many myths surrounding a terrible event

as a former journalism major, I really appreciated the fact that the author considered how complex this story was. in particular, I was impressed by the way way he considered not just the victims and their parents but the perpetrators and their parents as well as the media, local churches, politicians and law enforcement officials in this story. in the process, he shattered many myths about this event that I had previously thought were true.