AnotherRebecca reviewed Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
Review of 'Fever in the Heartland' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Terrifying
English language
Published March 16, 2023 by Penguin Publishing Group.
Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
by Timothy Egan
5 stars
(3 reviews)
Annie the Book reviewed Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
A Fever in the Heartland, by Timothy Egan
4 stars
When Madge Oberholtzer approached D.C. Stephenson at a party one evening, all she wanted was for him to pull some strings with the Indiana legislature to preserve her literacy program position. She knew that Stephenson was a high-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan, but she had no idea that the man sitting across from her would one day kill her. In A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, historian Timothy Egan recounts the rise and fall of the KKK in Indiana and Oberholtzer’s tragic role in bringing down Grand Dragon D.C. Stephenson...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, for review consideration.
