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Bowers, Rick

Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate

160 pp. | National | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4263-0915-1 $16.95 | Library ISBN 978-1-4263-0916-8 $25.90
(2) YA In 1946, the producers of the Superman radio show deployed their character's popularity in a campaign against bigotry. Bowers explains how he dug through myths, examined original archives, and reached tentative conclusions about what most likely happened and why. A complex history of organizations guided by both ideology and profit, people both well-meaning and flawed, and shifts in popular sentiment. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: J.L. Bell | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2012

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