My new favorite book. Timothy Egan’s A Fever in the Heartland is a historical expose that reads like a true crime thriller. It’s very disturbing, and pretty hard to put down. If you’re a sucker for both history and courtroom drama like I am, then this is a good book for you. The story concerns the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920’s America. … Continue reading A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan