The Book of the Day: 'Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy'

Welcome to The Book of the Day, a new feature in which members of our community spotlight some of our favorite reading material - the mainstays of our personal libraries! We want to note that, while we wish God of the Desert Books could take credit for many of these favorites, they're in no way affiliated with us, and we're not earning anything by promoting them. Books of the Day are just honest-to-goodness recommendations: writing we like a lot and think you'll like, too.

My pick today is Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy, by Edward Ball. In this unique memoir, the author takes a remarkably objective, thoroughly-researched look at the life of his great-great-grandfather, a Creole New Orleans native who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.