"A stunning job of reporting."- New York Times Book Review
Updated with new content, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter's classic work that chronicles the 1992 confrontation at Ruby Ridge between Randy Weaver and federal law enforcement-a tragic eleven-day siege that became a symbol of government overreach and fueled the rise of America's radical right.
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 thousands of pages of documents and extensive interviews with members of 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 take extreme and unprecedented measures. But as the past thirty years has shown, the standoff at Ruby Ridge would not be an isolated incident.
This is the story of what happened there: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, ended FBI careers, and left a nation increasingly attuned to the dangers of unchecked federal power. It is also the story of the racism, religious zealotry, paranoia, fierce hatred of government, and violence that has become increasingly visible across American society.
| ISBN: | 9780063492691 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 2026 |
| Author: | Jess Walter |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 464 pages |
| Genres: |
Police and security services True crime: serial killers and murderers True war and combat stories Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects Political leaders and leadership Biography: historical, political and military Biography: religious and spiritual True crime Biography: general Memoirs History of science Religion and beliefs |
"A stunning job of reporting."- New York Times Book Review
Updated with new content, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter's classic work that chronicles the 1992 confrontation at Ruby Ridge between Randy Weaver and federal law enforcement-a tragic eleven-day siege that became a symbol of government overreach and fueled the rise of America's radical right.
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 thousands of pages of documents and extensive interviews with members of 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 take extreme and unprecedented measures. But as the past thirty years has shown, the standoff at Ruby Ridge would not be an isolated incident.
This is the story of what happened there: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, ended FBI careers, and left a nation increasingly attuned to the dangers of unchecked federal power. It is also the story of the racism, religious zealotry, paranoia, fierce hatred of government, and violence that has become increasingly visible across American society.
Ruby Ridge features in the following genres: Police and security services, True crime: serial killers and murderers, True war and combat stories, Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects, Political leaders and leadership, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: religious and spiritual, True crime, Biography: general, Memoirs, History of science, Religion and beliefs
Ruby Ridge is available in Paperback
Ruby Ridge was written by Jess Walter and published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins
Ruby Ridge has 464 pages
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