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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
Timothy Egan
4.34 AVERAGE
2.51k reviews for:
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan
4.34 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
Strong parallels between 1920’s and today.
Certainly a tale of history repeating itself on a 100 year cycle.
This book is excellently written, including information happening concurrently during the time period absolutely seamlessly without ever going down a rabbit hole and straying from the topic at hand.
This book is excellently written, including information happening concurrently during the time period absolutely seamlessly without ever going down a rabbit hole and straying from the topic at hand.
The tone seemed to glorify or sensationalize some truly horrific people and times.
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
Unfortunately feels like it could have been written today.
If I could give it zero stars I would.
Too much information that was not organized well (in my opinion). It felt like information overload. Every chapter did not flow, too many names and you weren’t sure if they mattered in the grand scheme of the book or if it was just a side story of how horrible and horrendous the KKK was. Author also repeated himself so many times. The title was misleading, the woman who stopped them, was a stretch. I envisioned this story about how a strong woman stopped them but poor Madge was kidnapped, beaten, raped, and bitten. She ingested poison to die. It was very heartbreaking and that part of the story could have been a few chapters. I felt like the courtroom part was overdone. I also wish the book would have had research and information about them over the years and not just in the 1920s.
Overall very very underwhelmed, title of the book is misleading, and I will not be recommending it to any of my friends
Too much information that was not organized well (in my opinion). It felt like information overload. Every chapter did not flow, too many names and you weren’t sure if they mattered in the grand scheme of the book or if it was just a side story of how horrible and horrendous the KKK was. Author also repeated himself so many times. The title was misleading, the woman who stopped them, was a stretch. I envisioned this story about how a strong woman stopped them but poor Madge was kidnapped, beaten, raped, and bitten. She ingested poison to die. It was very heartbreaking and that part of the story could have been a few chapters. I felt like the courtroom part was overdone. I also wish the book would have had research and information about them over the years and not just in the 1920s.
Overall very very underwhelmed, title of the book is misleading, and I will not be recommending it to any of my friends
This book was hard to read at some parts, but inspiring at others. You learn things about the KKK And how they came into power and spread like wildfire across the US. The numbers were far greater than I was taught in school. The parallels to current events in the US is breathtakingly hard to read but, I think, you gain a modicum of hope. The 1920s are usually remembered for being “the roaring 20s” and not the KKK, but I won’t forget what I’ve learned. Normal, everyday people who joined a hate group, some naively. They took over towns across the Midwest and big portions of our Government but then, because of a few brave Americans, were shut down and shunned. Learning the true history of the US should be required so we stop repeating it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Gaslighting
dark
informative
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Violence
Took 100 years and some digression & delay but it’s 2025 and now the Klansmen (in spirit) have the country they want. Woof!
fast-paced