Timothy Egan
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Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a New York Times columnist, a winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in nonfiction, and the author of seven books, including Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, The Worst Hard Time, which won a National Book Award, and the national näytä lisää bestseller The Big Burn. näytä vähemmän
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (2006) 4,334 kappaletta
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (2012) 848 kappaletta
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (2023) 426 kappaletta
Breaking Blue: How One Man's Hunt Through A Half Century Of Police Cover-Ups Unlocked The Secret Behind the Nation's… (1992) 167 kappaletta
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- 1954-11-08
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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 (Nonfiction Books – 2023)
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero (Nonfiction Books – 2016)
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This was a well-researched account of a dark time in our nation's history.
D.C. Stephenson's conniving enabled him and his cronies to reinvigorate and mobilize the Klan, eventually taking over the city of Indianapolis as well as most of the state of Indiana.
"The Klan prided itself on how quickly it could spread a lie, from a kitchen table to the whole state in six hours or less."
This is a scary and powerful lesson. Stephenson and his crew of bullies manipulated people and played to their lowest, hateful instincts in the name of patriotism.
Only through details of Madge's death was prosecutor able to expose Stephenson's duplicity.… (lisätietoja)