Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Columbine?

does anyone know if there were any journals of the columbine killers released in book stores? or any books about it?? please help!!

Columbine?
So far there haven't been any books yet based on the killer's lives. There were a couple of books about two of the victims, though. One is called "She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall". It's for sale at Amazon. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/She-Said-Yes-Unlik...





Another one is "The Journals of Rachel Scott." Also at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Journals-Rachel-Sc...





Also, "Rachel's Tears". Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Rachels-Tears-Spir...





Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Reply:Yes, there's a columbine.site There are diaries and journals there. Plus other things that may be of interest to you.


Whether they've been published in book form, I don't know.
Reply:The full known text of Eric Harris' and Dylan Klebold's diaries hasn't been published in book form but, as the first answerer says, it can be downloaded. The materials released July 2006 contain the majority of their diaries/journals and can be downloaded for free:





Go to Dave Cullen's website at http://www.davecullen.com/columbine/rece...


Look for this line: "Download the PDF file here" And click on the underlined "here." The nearly-1000-page release will download (if your computer is set up to do it automatically) or may simply open in your browser.





If you look around on Cullen's site, you'll find other information about these boys' writings as well as Cullen's opinions about them. The advantage to reading them yourself is that you can reach your own conclusions about who they were, what their motives were, and what to believe and not believe about what they say they think. The disadvantage is that it takes time and neither of them had handwriting that's easy to read.





Their writings suggest that both of these boys were in a lot of emotional pain, as is common for humans their age. So sad that they had the resourcefulness, means, and inclination to do what they did. It's hard not to think when reading their words that a few more months, a year, whatever, would have given them the maturity to realize their options were more numerous than they thought they were.





I came away from reading these materials thinking Eric no longer wanted to live without anyone noticing him and Dylan didn't want to die without anyone noticing. If my take on their motivations is correct, the pseudo-commando attack on the school has a certain logic.





Even so, their act was a terrible waste of human lives, including their own.


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