| Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert Contributor(s): Kersten, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060959223 ISBN-13: 9780060959227 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admitted that he had stabbed Coughlin twice in the heart. Had there been a darker motive than mercy? And how could anyone, under any circumstances, kill his best friend? Armed with the journal Kodikian and Coughlin carried into Rattle- snake Canyon, Jason Kersten re-creates in riveting detail those fateful days that led to the killing in an infamously unforgiving wilderness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.26" W x 7.98" (0.54 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admitted that he had stabbed Coughlin twice in the heart. Had there been a darker motive than mercy? And how could anyone, under any circumstances, kill his best friend? Armed with the journal Kodikian and Coughlin carried into Rattle- snake Canyon, Jason Kersten re-creates in riveting detail those fateful days that led to the killing in an infamously unforgiving wilderness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kersten, Jason: - Jason Kersten is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, as well as other magazines. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and lives in New York City. |
