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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a cult of full of bigots, DC Stephenson was Grand Asshole. In 1920s Indiana, the KKK was infiltrating the government and its agencies under the guise of morality warriors. Charlatans are slithery, and stop at nothing, especially fear, to amass support. The heinous assault of Madge Oberholtzer, and her brave deathbed proclamations, brought this so-called moral, religious man down. A big “thanks” to my FIL for this rec!

November 1 ~ It‘s National Authors Day and I‘ve chosen a few of my favorites: clockwise from top left-Fiona Davis, Laird Hunt, L. M. Montgomery and William Kent Krueger.

Who are your favorites??

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#Tombstone. #WickedWhispers

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Very good and a bit terrifying! #hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper #flerken
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For August's #2024ReadingBrackets NONFICTION I chose the tagged book by Timothy Egan. It‘s a grisly yet engrossing account of the Ku Klux Klan‘s rise to power in Indiana in the 1920s. The parallels to today are also scary and sobering. It was a fascinating read that also took down its challenger and moves to a semifinal slot. Honorable mention for a wild-card slot was “Beyond the High Blue Air” by Lu Spinney, a poignant, heartbreaking memoir.

A slice-of-life story about a woman's quiet, hard working lifetime, so lovely that it manages to be deeply sad yet not depressing.

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another book I wish I could get everyone in the US to read

Grisly yet fascinating account of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. While it happened across the country, this focuses on Indiana, which had the highest concentration of KKK members and chapters of any state. (This statistic surprised me, although I‘m not really sure why.) In 1925, a brave young woman named Madge Oberholtzer gave a deathbed testimony that brought the group down. The parallels to today are also scary and sobering.

This is an excellent book telling about the rise of the KKK in middle America. The author did a great job explaining how they rose and took over so many cities and towns. The violence and hatred of others can be extremely disturbing to read about. I gave this a 5/5