There were times when the KKK and pro-Nazi groups had a lot of political power - and a lot of times when they were mostly devoted to fleecing their members of every dime they could get. And a lot of this is stuff that was definitely never taught to me when I was in school, mainly because textbooks have always seemed to put more emphasis on teaching kids the national legends instead of the actual facts. The book’s other focus is a fairly detailed and warts-and-all history of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi organizations, and hate groups in 19th and early 20th centuries. There’s quite a lot of info about the years when “The Adventures of Superman” was one of the most successful programs on the radio, earning millions of dollars for his advertisers and enthralling legions of fans, both kids and adults. This is basically a history book, with its initial focus on the history of Superman, from the early youths of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, through their initial failures in the comics biz, to the unstoppable success of the Man of Steel, and clear through the way Siegel and Shuster got screwed out of their rights to the character. I picked up this book a few weeks back, and I wasn’t expecting a lot - I know Scholastic Books publishes a lot of good stuff now, but when I grew up, it was strictly for kids’ books - and not particularly good kids’ books either. Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan by Rick Bowers
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