The I Index

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Top of the pile

89

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

91/100

Critics

87/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Timothy Egan

Publisher:

Viking

Date:

April 4, 2023

A thriller by Timothy Egan that tells the story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them.

What The Reviewers Say

Jeff Shesol,
The New York Times Book Review
Powerful.
Richard Just,
The Washington Post
Excellent.
Chris Hewitt,
The Star Tribune
Riveting, with a subject who's a gift to anyone hoping to make history come alive for readers.
Anne Bartlett,
BookPage
Enthralling.