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

by Timothy Egan

“Americans be on guard,” was the message in one handbill. “The Jews control the moving pictures, jewelry and clothing industries and own us financially. The Greeks control the restaurant and confectionary business, the Italians the fruit and produce business.” Another read: “The Irish Catholics control us politically and are trying to control us religiously. The public press is controlled by Irish Catholics and Jews.”