The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
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Thomas Dixon. The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
TO THE READER
LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY
Book I – The Assassination
CHAPTER I. The Bruised Reed
CHAPTER II. The Great Heart
CHAPTER III. The Man of War
CHAPTER IV. A Clash of Giants
CHAPTER IV. The Battle of Love
CHAPTER VI. The Assassination
CHAPTER VII. The Frenzy of a Nation
Book II – The Revolution
CHAPTER I. The First Lady of the Land
CHAPTER II. Sweethearts
CHAPTER III. The Joy of Living
CHAPTER IV. Hidden Treasure
CHAPTER V. Across the Chasm
CHAPTER VI. The Gauge of Battle
CHAPTER VII. A Woman Laughs
CHAPTER VIII. A Dream
CHAPTER IX. The King Amuses Himself
CHAPTER X. Tossed by the Storm
CHAPTER XI. The Supreme Test
CHAPTER XII. Triumph in Defeat
Book III – The Reign of Terror
CHAPTER I. A Fallen Slaveholder’s Mansion
CHAPTER II. The Eyes of the Jungle
CHAPTER III. Augustus Cæsar
CHAPTER IV. At the Point of the Bayonet
CHAPTER V. Forty Acres and a Mule
CHAPTER VI. A Whisper in the Crowd
CHAPTER VII. By the Light of a Torch
CHAPTER VIII. The Riot in the Master’s Hall
CHAPTER IX. At Lover’s Leap
CHAPTER X. A Night Hawk
CHAPTER XI. The Beat of a Sparrow’s Wing
CHAPTER XII. At the Dawn of Day
Book IV – The Ku Klux Klan
CHAPTER I. The Hunt for the Animal
CHAPTER II. The Fiery Cross
CHAPTER III. The Parting of the Ways
CHAPTER IV. The Banner of the Dragon
CHAPTER V. The Reign of the Klan
CHAPTER VI. The Counter Stroke
CHAPTER VII. The Snare of the Fowler
CHAPTER VIII. A Ride for a Life
CHAPTER IX “Vengeance Is Mine”
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“The Clansman” is the second book of a series of historical novels planned on the Race Conflict. “The Leopard’s Spots” was the statement in historical outline of the conditions from the enfranchisement of the negro to his disfranchisement.
“The Clansman” develops the true story of the “Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy,” which overturned the Reconstruction régime.
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And now his time had come.
The giant figure in the White House alone had dared to brook his anger and block the way; for old Stoneman was the Congress of the United States. The opposition was too weak even for his contempt. Cool, deliberate, and venomous alike in victory or defeat, the fascination of his positive faith and revolutionary programme had drawn the rank and file of his party in Congress to him as charmed satellites.
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