And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. The Roaring Twenties-the Jazz Age-has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. Doors and cash bar will open at 6pm.Ī historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting 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. Thank you.Woodruff Auditorium is located inside McElreath Hall. We love it when you pin and share our book reviews. See this week’s top performing pin here – Book Review Rules of Civility. My current read Voices of the 21st Century.
Read last week’s review The Cactus League. Thank you for reading my book review Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan. I really enjoyed this book and learned so much. The book is a captivating account of his life and passion, the period in the burgeoning USA as well as in my home state of Washington as well as a factual account of the tribes and people who are the real true Americans. And the real recognition of his talent and contribution to preservation of the Native American and American West would not be realized until long after his death. For thirty years Curtis will risk his life, as well as his family and finances in an effort to produce the series of books of photos of the American Indian. Starting with a photo of Princess Angeline, the last surviving daughter of Chief Sealth (Seattle).Įgan follows the story of Curtis’ life for the decades that follow, where he gives up everything to pursue a dream a dream to capture and record the disappearing Native American tribes before it was too late. Leaving his family in the pioneering outback of Port Orchard and traveling by boat to the lumber boom town of Seattle, Edward Curtis became one of the best known photographers in the world. And with it the lives of thousands of people in the blossoming United States. But when an accident and injury as a young man caused him to discover photography his life would change forever. Handsome, brilliant, talented Edward Curtis could have chosen many paths. Here is my book review Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan. Someone who has roots right in my own back yard. This is unlike most of the books I read, but it was fascinating a historical look at one of America’s least known historians.
This book is one that I read for my book club, and I likely would never have picked it up otherwise.
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