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

by Rick Bowers and Rick Bowers

Book Overview

This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan. It is the story of the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the little guy and the New York wheeler-dealers who made him a major media force. It is the story Ku Klux Klan's development from a club to a huge money-making machine powered by the powers of fear and hate and of the folklorist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426309155
• ISBN13: 9781426309151
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9