A century ago, the Klan was thriving in Indiana and Ohio under banners of Christianity and Americanism. It was led by a crooked, gaslighting sadist, rapist, and murderer, who managed to get powerful politicians in his pocket. Here's the story of his rise and downfall, from Marty Schladen.
Seattle author Timothy Egan's recently published book, “A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them,” is a riveting account of the second uprising of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
I just finished Tim Egan’s disturbing new book, “A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them.” I could