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"On the last hot day of summer 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…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2002Harper Perennial · 416 pages · 9780060007942
- Other · English · 2012HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061959851
Case studiesResistance to GovernmentIntervention (Federal government)Right-wing extremistsLaw enforcementBiographyPolitical persecutionGovernment, resistance to




