Mrs. Cook and the Klan : booze, bloodshed, and bigotry in America's heartland /
Mrs. Cook and the Klan is a true crime investigation of the 1925 unsolved killing of an Iowa Sunday school teacher and temperance advocate. The narrative also explores the unlikely confluence of the cultural forces that brought the Klan, the lawless gangs and the temperance movement together in an u...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Mrs. Cook and the Klan is a true crime investigation of the 1925 unsolved killing of an Iowa Sunday school teacher and temperance advocate. The narrative also explores the unlikely confluence of the cultural forces that brought the Klan, the lawless gangs and the temperance movement together in an unlikely corner of the heartland. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 241 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781496235848 1496235843 |