Ruby Ridge

The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family

De: Jess Walter

Narrado por: Dan Bittner, Jess Walter

With a new introduction

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

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, 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.

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Great detail and information. Loved the book until the very end when he stepped into political opinions.

Well Written and Well Read!

I want to give this book FIVE stars SOOOOOO BAD!!!!!

A well written book and AWESOME performance by the Reader. He adds emotion to the story which is a breath of fresh air from AI monotone BS we hear these days.

I think Jess Walter did an AMAZING job putting this story together when he originally wrote it. It feels very unbias and let's you decide the facts....until the last two chapters that he added in last year or so for, I'm assuming, the audible read. I wish he wouldn't have taken from the remarkable actual journalism he did.

That being said the first 23 chapters or so are REMARKABLE. it's the last 30 min to an hour you just think.....dude... no.....don't do that.

I understand it's probably because the story is twisted one way or the other in today's political climate and news, but he did his well written story a disservice with the recent add on.

That being said. I hope you get this book and listen. It's easy on the ears and I finished it in a week. I wish there were more books written like this and readers that kept you in the story like this one.