Last day on earth a portrait of the NIU school shooter

Title
  1. Last day on earth [electronic resource] : a portrait of the NIU school shooter / David Vann.
Published by
  1. Athens, [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Author
  1. Vann, David.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Association of Writers & Writing Programs.
Description
  1. 1 online resource (167 p.)
Summary
  1. "On Valentine's Day 2008, Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded eighteen at Northern Illinois University, then killed himself. But he was an A student, a Deans' Award winner. How could this happen? CNN could not get the story. The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and all others came up empty because Steve's friends and professors knew very little. He had reinvented himself in his final five years. But David Vann, investigating for Esquire, went back to Steve's high school and junior high friends, found a life perfectly shaped for mass murder, and gained full access to the entire 1,500 pages of the police files. The result: the most complete portrait we have of any school shooter. But Vann doesn't stop there. He recounts his own history with guns, contemplating a school shooting. This book is terrifying and true, a story you'll never forget"--Provided by publisher.
Series statement
  1. Association of writers and writing programs award for creative nonfiction
Uniform title
  1. Last day on earth (Online)
Alternative title
  1. Last day on earth (Online)
  2. Portrait of the NIU school shooter
  3. Portrait of the Northern Illinois University school shooter
Subject
  1. Kazmierczak, Steve
  2. Northern Illinois University > Students
  3. Mass murder > Illinois > De Kalb
  4. Youth and violence > Illinois > De Kalb
  5. School shootings > Illinois > De Kalb
  6. Campus violence > Illinois > De Kalb
Note
  1. "Winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for creative nonfiction".
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Vann, David.
Title
  1. Last day on earth [electronic resource] : a portrait of the NIU school shooter / David Vann.
Imprint
  1. Athens, [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Series
  1. Association of writers and writing programs award for creative nonfiction
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
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  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
Added author
  1. Association of Writers & Writing Programs.
LCCN
  1. 2011018019
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