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

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Audiobook/ Informative, but overly detailed. The title is misleading.  The woman who “brought down” the KKK did not do it with intention. DC Stephenson was a conniving monster, and it is frightening how many people chose to follow him and support his schemes. Even more frightening is how we still see this today in extreme right wing politics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail