The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915

"Kelly tells this story with vivid immediacy."-ADAM HOCHSCHILD
"A sweeping and much needed work of history."-GREG GRANDIN

An eye-opening work of narrative history tracing the roots of American fascism back to the Antebellum South.

Named a "Best of July" by Publishers Lunch, Lit Hub, Book Culture, and the Orange County Register

When American fascists suddenly goose­stepped down Main Street in the 1930s, fascism was seen by the rest of the country as a terrifying and radical new European import. ...