Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family - Softcover

Walter, Jess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006000794X ISBN 13: 9780060007942

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002

Synopsis

On the last hot day of summer in 1992, gunfire cracked over a rocky knob in northern Idaho, just south of the Canadian border. By the next day three people were dead, and a small war was joined, pitting the full might of federal law enforcement against one well-armed family. Drawing on extensive interviews with Randy Weaver's family, government insiders, and others, Jess Walter traces the paths that led the Weavers to their confrontation with federal agents and led the government to treat a family like a gang of criminals.

This is the story of what happened on Ruby Ridge: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, brought down the number-two man in the FBI, and left in its wake a nation increasingly attuned to the dangers of unchecked federal power.

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Review:

"A meticulously researched account of the Ruby Ridge incident."--People magazine

"Tightly reported...an even-handed...excellent, minute-by-minute account."--The Portland Oregonian

"Jess Walter's careful chronicle of what happened in and around that cabin in...northern Idaho...is remarkably complete."--Salt Lake City Tribune

"A stunning job of reporting."--New York Times Book Review

"The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print."--Washington Times

"A brilliant, cautionary tale of the dangers of conspiracy thinking--by people and by governments."--Dennis Prager, talk show host and author of Think a Second Time

Synopsis:

On the last hot day of summer in 1992, gunfire cracked over Ruby Ridge in northern Idaho. By the next day three people were dead, and a small war was in full force, pitting the full might of Federal law enforcement against one well-armed family. Ever since the stand-off ended, Ruby Ridged has been recognised as a dark watershed in the US history. In RUBY RIDGE Jess Walter leads the reader through the siege in which Vicky Weaver was fatally shot as she stood in the doorway of their cabin, her infant daughter in her arms. The deadly stand-off on Ruby Ridge reveals the racism, violence, paranoia and hatred of government that continue to erupt in places like Waco and Oklahoma City, and Walter's definitive account is both insightful and disturbing. Jess Walter's coverage of the Randy Weaver case helped the Spokesman Review earn a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 006000794X
• ISBN 13: 9780060007942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432