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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
4.75
challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced
a must-read about the rise and fall of the KKK in the '20s. the heavy themes are crucial to explore in order to understand the historical through line of white supremacy and fascism in America. Egan excellently explores the figures that dominated the klan's rise & the individuals who fought tirelessly (and often to their own detriment) against the oppression and fascism in their hometowns. Madge Oberholtzer's life and death signifies the importance of doing what is right even when it is scary. I will carry the bravery, persistence, and dignity of those who stood in opposition to the klan's hatred with me as we continue the fight against racism one hundred years later. 
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