{"product_id":"mrs-cook-and-the-klan-booze-bloodshed-and-bigotry-in-americas-heartland-paperback-softback-9781496235848","title":"Mrs. Cook and the Klan; Booze, Bloodshed, and Bigotry in America's Heartland (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496235848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMrs. Cook and the Klan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBooze, Bloodshed, and Bigotry in America's Heartland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTom Chorneau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496235848\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 17 photographs, 2 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Booze, law, politics, temperance, racism, and organized crime all converged one hundred years ago in Iowa. Tom Chorneau uncovers the origins of how each of these components became engrained in society, making a small Iowa town a microcosm of the broader country and dooming Mrs. Cook.”-Brian Haara, author of \u003ci\u003eBourbon Justice: How Whiskey Law Shaped America\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Tom Chorneau’s account of a century-old mystery murder also tells an exceptional history of Iowa and the nation emerging around it. Meticulously researched, this sweeping examination of liquor, politics, and Iowa society reveals an unforgettable cast of crooks, bosses, ministers, crusaders, and drinkers.”-Laura and James Wasserman, authors of \u003ci\u003eWho Saved the Redwoods? The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Tom Chorneau’s deeply researched book revives memories of the feverish battles in America’s heartland over alcohol and race relations. This is a rich and entertaining history that is essential reading.”-Ray Locker, author of \u003ci\u003eHaig’s Coup: How Richard Nixon’s Closest Aide Forced Him from Office\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOn the day she was murdered, Myrtle Underwood Cook boasted to local authorities about new evidence of a major bootlegging ring operating out of the Rock Island train depot behind her house in a small farming town in eastern Iowa. Then, as she sat at her parlor window sewing, she took a single slug through the heart. She was president of the local temperance union; her killing made the front page of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. The next day her funeral made national news due to the eerie presence of a small army from the Ku Klux Klan, its members donned in full regalia, drawn from three surrounding states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It was September 1925, and Al Capone had just taken over the Chicago Outfit, evangelist Billy Sunday was converting thousands to temperance, and the KKK had just marched on Washington, DC. During its first half century of statehood, Iowa lurched from wet to dry and back eight times before Prohibition was ratified in 1919. And back when Iowa was still a territory, its Black Codes imprinted generations with a legacy of intolerance and racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs. Cook and the Klan\u003c\/i\u003e is a true crime investigation that not only sheds new light on Myrtle Underwood Cook’s unsolved killing but also explores the confluence of the social, political, and economic forces that brought the Klan, lawless street gangs, a local mob boss, and the temperance movement together in a small American town.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Hawkeyes from Dixie\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Bridge at Davenport\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Witches of Temperance\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Schoolhouse on Every Hilltop and No Saloon in the Valley\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Martyr of Sioux City\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oily Tongued Sharpers and Swindlers\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Mulct Law\u003cbr\u003e 8. God Hates the Four-Flusher\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Kill Fee\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Suffragists\u003cbr\u003e 11. Last Call in Marshalltown\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Hyphenated Americans\u003cbr\u003e 13. Wet to Dry Again\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Hangings at Camp Dodge\u003cbr\u003e 15. Shootout at the Carbarn CafÉ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. America Is for Americans\u003cbr\u003e 17. Comes a Killer\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Investigation\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Prime Suspects\u003cbr\u003e 20. Who Killed Mrs. Cook?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr clear='\"\u0026lt;br'\u003eall\"\u003cbr\u003e \/\u0026gt;  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685416628504,"sku":"9781496235848","price":15.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mrs-cook-and-the-klan-booze-bloodshed-and-bigotry-in-americas-heartland-paperback-softback-9781496235848","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}