The Columbine School Shooting

Download or read book The Columbine School Shooting written by Louise I. Gerdes and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential volume explores many aspects of the Columbine school shootings in April, 1999. Topics covered include the historical and cultural background leading up to and following the massacre. Readers will evaluate the issues surrounding Columbine, such as the role of bullying at the high school, the shootings as a symbol of a greater culture of violence, and the impact of gun laws on the accessibility of weapons for senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Personal narratives are also featured, including Columbine high school seniors writing about the impact of the event on their lives, and a journalist looking back at the event that he covered years earlier.