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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

michelle_risan_albrecht's review

5.0

informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

cloudiifeather's review

3.5

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

kristine_roggentien's review

5.0

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The similarities between the former leader of the Indiana KKK and Trump are frightening.

kdieter89's review

3.5

dark informative slow-paced

skilpaddes's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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So many trigger warnings needed - this is a brutal read, but also an important reminder of the dark history of the US with lots of parallels to the modern context.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

longstorieshort's review

5.0

dark fast-paced

moxamo's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

loralei25's review

4.5

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

mpgurlea's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

lbornhorst6158's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative medium-paced