Bitter Harvest

The Posse Comitatus, who believe that a Jewish-Communist conspiracy to assume U.S. leadership is under way, inspired North Dakota farmer Gordon Kahl to stop paying taxes; Kahl was killed in one of the shootouts with the law that followed aborted attempts to arrest him. "Corcoran . . . does a masterful job of depicting a decaying rural America where a fanatical far right has emerged," said PW. Photos. Author tour. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.