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. (May)