SOCIAL SCIENCES
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group

(1) YA Bartoletti tackles a tough, grim subject with firmness and sensitivity. Once past the origin of the Klan and its brushfire spread, the narrative focuses on the victims, not their tormentors. Period illustrations throughout make seeing believing, and the appended civil rights timeline, bibliography, and source notes are an education in themselves. Exemplary in scholarship, interpretation, and presentation. Ind.

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