Last day on earth : a portrait of the NIU school shooter / David Vann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vann, David.

Contributor:

Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

Series:

Winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for creative nonfiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass murder--Illinois--De Kalb.

Mass murder.

Youth and violence--Illinois--De Kalb.

Youth and violence.

School shootings--Illinois--De Kalb.

School shootings.

Campus violence--Illinois--De Kalb.

Campus violence.

Northern Illinois University--Students.

Northern Illinois University.

Kazmierczak, Steve.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Cover

LAST DAY ON EARTH: A PORTRAIT OF THE NIU SCHOOL SHOOTER

AFTER MY FATHER'S SUICIDE

STEVE GREW UP WATCHING HORROR MOVIES

MY OWN JUVENILE REPORT IS FROM 1980

I HAVE TO GO BACK TO STEVE'S DOG

I COMMITTED MY CRIMES ALONE

STEVE SPENDS ALMOST NO TIME AT HOME

BY THE FALL OF HIS JUNIOR YEAR

ON APRIL 8, 1997

HOW MUCH OF STEVE'S STORY IS ABOUT CLASS?

THE MARY HILL HOME

THE MILITARY HAS TRAINED

ON DECEMBER 1, 2001

I MEET JIM THOMAS FOR THE FIRST TIME

MEETING JIM THOMAS

ON A SUNNY, COLD FRIDAY MORNING

IN THE FALL OF 2004

I MEET JESSICA FOR THE FIRST TIME

STEVE'S WINNING OF THE DEANS' AWARD

TWO MONTHS AFTER

A COUPLE DAYS

SAW 4 OPENING NIGHT

STEVE KEEPS HITTING CRAIGSLIST

ON JANUARY 7, 2008

STEVE SITS ON THE COUCH CRUISING CRAIGSLIST

IN HIS EMAILS WITH KELLY

JESSICA SAYS THEY HAD A BLAST AT MANSON

A COUPLE DAYS AFTER MY FATHER SHOT HIMSELF

THAT TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12

VALENTINE'S DAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008

BRIAN KARPES FINALLY NOTICES

"WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED,"

AT QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT ON FEBRUARY 15

NIU PROFESSOR KRISTEN MYERS

I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613253057

9781283253055

1283253054

9780820342108

0820342106

OCLC:

758823342