A terrifying, riveting portrait of the KKK in the 1920s. Timothy Egan’s ‘A Fever in the Heartland’ recounts how one man sparked the group’s resurgence in Indiana ...

“In no other state of the union, not even Texas, is the domination of the Ku Klux Klan so absolute as it is in Indiana," writes Egan, citing a story published by The New York Times on Nov. 7 ...

“In no other state of the union, not even Texas, is the domination of the Ku Klux Klan so absolute as it is in Indiana," writes Egan, citing a story published by The New York Times on Nov. 7 ...

Ku Klux Klan dominated 1920s Indiana The story also has resolute heroes. These include a Muncie newspaperman who hounded the KKK, despite frequent beatings, and a grizzled Civil War veteran who ...

Last autumn I read Timothy Egan’s masterpiece, “Fever in the Heartland,” which covers the abrupt rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. It sent me down a research pathway that ...

It was as delightful a book as I have read in years. “Fever in the Heartland” transports the reader to Indiana in the early 1920s. Egan fleshes out the meteoric rise of the Indiana KKK from ...

But a year later KKK domination of Indiana ceased. In November 1925 Stephenson was convicted of second-degree murder following the death of Madge Oberholtzer, an acquaintance of his.

I found that having a Klan presence even 50 years ago is more damaging to ... the abrupt rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. ... the reader to Indiana in the early 1920s.

It was as delightful book as I have read in years. “Fever in the Heartland” transports the reader to Indiana in the early 1920s. Egan fleshes out the meteoric rise of the Indiana KKK from ...

Indiana's KKK history affects today's population like an arctic climate or terrible schools, columnist Michael Hicks writes. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally was published in The Conversation. It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at the University of Dayton, with fewer than 40 ...

Ku Klux Klan dominated 1920s Indiana The story also has resolute heroes. These include a Muncie newspaperman who hounded the KKK, despite frequent beatings, and a grizzled Civil War veteran who ...