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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.

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ISBN: 9780735225268
ISBN: 0735225265
Physical Description: xxiv, 404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]

General Note:	Place of publication from publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The quintessential American -- Part one: An empire of hate. Birth and death of the Klan -- An opening in Indiana -- Men with badges -- A coup and a clash -- Woman of the year -- The other Indiana -- The unmasking -- Creating D. C. Stephenson -- A master race in the Midwest -- Independence Day -- Governors, guns, and God -- Part two: Monster of the midway. Lord of the manor -- Rage of the resistance -- The Klan on top -- Hoosier hysteria -- The last train to Chicago -- A vigil in Irvington -- The witness -- Part three: Reckoning. Big man in a small town -- One nation under a shroud -- To slay a dragon -- She said -- Inside and outside -- He said -- The closers -- Verdict -- Dirt from the dragon -- Epilogue.