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“Democracy was a fragile thing, stable and steady until it was broken and trampled. A man who didn’t care about shattering every convention, and then found new ways to vandalize the contract that allowed free people to govern themselves could do unthinkable damage.” (p. 332)
Well. If there was ever an embodiment of the phrase “history repeats itself” it is here, in *Fever in the Heartland*. My nonfiction pick for the year really delivered. Depicting the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in the 1920s, from swelling memberships, to heavily swaying elections and installing puppeteers in high ranking government positions. The Klan swarmed Indiana, bringing with it a reign of terror through burning crosses, rallies full of hateful rhetoric and lynchings. All led by Grand Dragon DC Stephenson, perhaps one of the greatest con men in history whose evil nature is matched only by his unending greed.
The horrific debauchery of the Klan culminates in the rape and murder of a young woman by the Grand Dragon. A trial follows, leaving the fate of the Dragon, the Klan, and the State in the hands of 12 white men.
The book was extremely well written and researched. I often slog through non fiction, but whipped through this one.
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Well. If there was ever an embodiment of the phrase “history repeats itself” it is here, in *Fever in the Heartland*. My nonfiction pick for the year really delivered. Depicting the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in the 1920s, from swelling memberships, to heavily swaying elections and installing puppeteers in high ranking government positions. The Klan swarmed Indiana, bringing with it a reign of terror through burning crosses, rallies full of hateful rhetoric and lynchings. All led by Grand Dragon DC Stephenson, perhaps one of the greatest con men in history whose evil nature is matched only by his unending greed.
The horrific debauchery of the Klan culminates in the rape and murder of a young woman by the Grand Dragon. A trial follows, leaving the fate of the Dragon, the Klan, and the State in the hands of 12 white men.
The book was extremely well written and researched. I often slog through non fiction, but whipped through this one.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️