Article: TV ACCOUNT OF RUBY RIDGE OFFERS COMPELLING LOOK AT U.S. TRAGEDY.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Column)

Byline: Dusty Saunders

Simply mention Ruby Ridge and the heated debate begins: the rights of citizens vs. the power of the U.S government.

So it's bizarre that reporter Jess Walter originally had difficulty finding a publisher for his fascinating book, Every Knee Shall Bow, which is the basis for CBS' upcoming two-part mini-series, The Siege at Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy.

``Publishers in the East initially weren't interested,'' says Walter, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1993 for his lengthy coverage on Ruby Ridge for the Spokane Spokesman-Review.

``Most people in the New York book world dismissed Ruby Ridge as just another ...

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