Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

Thomas Dixon was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, Baptist minister, lecturer, and novelist. This novel, an abridgement by Cary Wintz was originally published in 1905. It reflects turn-of-the-century attitudes most southerners had about Republican rule during Reconstruction. Part 1 The Assassination; Chapter 1 The Bruised Reed; Chapter 2 The Great Heart; Chapter 3 The Man of War; Chapter 4 A Clash of Giants; Chapter 5 The Battle of Love; Chapter 6 The Assassination; Chapter 7 The Frenzy of a Nation; Part 2 The Revolution; Chapter 8 The First Lady of the Land; Chapter 9 Sweethearts; Chapter 10 The Joy of Living; Chapter 11 Hidden Treasure; Chapter 12 Across the Chasm; Chapter 13 The Gauge of Battle; Chapter 14 A Woman Laughs; Chapter 15 A Dream; Chapter 16 The King Amuses Himself; Chapter 17 Tossed by the Storm; Chapter 18 The Supreme Test; Chapter 19 Triumph in Defeat; Part 3 The Reign of Terror; Chapter 20 A Fallen Slaveholder’s Mansion; Chapter 21 The Eyes of the Jungle; Chapter 22 Augustus Caesar; Chapter 23 At The Point of the Bayonet; Chapter 24 Forty Acres and a Mule; Chapter 25 A Whisper in the Crowd; Chapter 26 By the Light of a Torch; Chapter 27 The Riot in the Master’s Hall; Chapter 28 At Lover’s Leap; Chapter 29 A Night Hawk; Chapter 30 The Beat of a Sparrow’s Wing; Chapter 31 At the Dawn of Day; Part 4 The Ku Klux Klan; Chapter 32 The Hunt for the Animal; Chapter 33 The Fiery Cross; Chapter 34 The Parting of the Ways; Chapter 35 The Banner of the Dragon; Chapter 36 The Reign of the Klan; Chapter 37 The Counter Stroke; Chapter 38 The Snare of the Fowler; Chapter 39 A Ride for a Life; Chapter 40 “Vengeance Is Mine”;