“The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print.” — Washington Times
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, here 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.
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, 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.
Author(s): Jess Walter
Year: 2012
Language: English
Commentary: index
Pages: 423
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
ONE-SARA WEAVER SNAPPED AWAKE
TWO-SHE WAS BORN in a white, two-story farmhouse
THREE-THE LAWN WOULD BE SHAGGY
FOUR-VICKI WEAVER WAS WORRIED
FIVE-ABOUT THE SAME TIME Randy and Vicki Weaver were finishing their cabin
SIX-AT 11:15 ON THE COLD, BLUE MORNING
SEVEN-DUST ROSE OFF the driveway
EIGHT-GAUNT AND TIRED, Randy Weaver walked up
NINE-ON THE FIRST SUNDAY of December 1990
TEN-DAVE HUNT DROVE BACK to Naples
ELEVEN-BILLY DEGAN DRESSED QUICKLY in a camo shirt
TWELVE-TWO HOURS AFTER THE GUN BATTLE
THIRTEEN-Weaver family and Kevin Harris cursed and mourned and prayed to Yahweh
FOURTEEN-"SHOOT ME!” the man yelled at federal agents
FIFTEEN-KAREN DEGAN GRIPPED TIGHTLY
SIXTEEN-VICKI WOULD’VE WANTED
SEVENTEEN-THOSE GUYS ARE GOING to get the big needle
EIGHTEEN-THE FACTS WILL SHOW that this confrontation
NINETEEN-BOISE IDAHO IS where flat farmland
TWENTY-WELL, HOW DO I look?
TWENTY-ONE-DAVID NEVIN HAD GONE over the scenario
TWENTY-TWO - CYRIL HATFIELD KNEW exactly why he was on this jury
TWENTY-THREE-ON OCTOBER 18, 1993, Randy Weaver was sentenced
TWENTY-FOUR-ALMOST EVERY DAY for five weeks
EPILOGUE
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
About the Author
Praise
BOOKS BY JESS WALTER
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