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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

3 reviews

booklvrkat's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

This year for my December present to myself, I joined the Governerd Book Club, hosted by Sharon McMahon & her team. My mind is blown. After reading & listening to this book I learned more about our history and the laws our country had in place than I ever did in school. I definitely will not do this book justice in trying to review it for you, so here are some of the quotes that stuck with me, and a couple of things I learned: 

 

The Immigration Act of 1924 established an annual quota (fixed in 1929 at 150,000) and established the national-origins system, which was to characterize immigration policy for the next 40 years. Under it, quotas were established for each country based on the number of persons of that national origin who were living in the United States in 1920. 

 

“He discovered that if he said something often enough, no matter how untrue, people would believe it.” 

 

“Madge Oberholtzer deserves a plaque of her own.” We as human beings could only HOPE to have one iota of the strength, courage and wherewithal to be and do what she has done. This case is still taught in law schools as showing an enlargement of the causal relationships that define homicide. 

 

TW/CW: Kidnapping, Rape, Forced Imprisonment, Alcohol, Drug Use, Suicide 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Rape, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

While there is lots of racism, racial slurs & religious speak within the story it is American History, and I learned so much from just this one book. I had no idea how widespread the clan was, how much EVEN NOW that our history is white-washed and how many politicians still subscribe/follow this absolutely abhorent practice and leaders of this cult. The fact that Trump uses the same quotes/acts from this book on the daily sickens me.

kellysbookverse's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Death, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Drug use, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

magsbord's review

challenging dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, Classism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Ableism, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Drug use