The Clansman; An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

Dixon, Jr., Thomas

Verlag: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1905

8vo. [16], 3-374, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with two white borders and white lettering on the front board, white lettering and a burning cross in white on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven plates by Arthur I. Keller. UNC Chapel Hill, Documenting the American South, "Thomas Dixon, 1864-1946". NCPedia, Christoper Meekins, "Dixon, Thomas Frederick, Jr.". This book was Dixon, Jr.'s most famous published work, the second part of a trilogy which promoted what historians call "The Lost Cause" or a romanticized version of the antebellum South and white supremacy. The basis for the film, Birth of a Nation. Both Dixon Jr.'s father and an uncle of his were members of the KKK. Riddled with anti-Lincoln, anti-Black, and racist propaganda, Dixon, Jr.'s work helped revive the KKK, an organization that was in decline before his writing. Dixon, Jr. spent his life working against equality for women and Black citizens of the United States. Light rubbing to the spine and minor foxing to a few leaves. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000012893

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Clansman; An Historical Romance of the ...
Verlag: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1905
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: First edition.