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Article: TV ACCOUNT OF RUBY RIDGE OFFERS COMPELLING LOOK AT U.S. TRAGEDY.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 16, 1996
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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 ...