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Thomas Dixon, Jr., born during the Civil War, was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, Baptist minister, lecturer, and novelist. His novel The Clansman, originally published in 1905, reflects turn of the century attitudes most white southerners still had about Republica rule during Reconstruction. Although The Clansman clearly twisted the truth of many historical events, it is an accurate and faithful representation of a dominant attitude southerners - and northerners as well - had about those events. The novel was made into the classic D.W. Griffith film, The Birth of a Nation in 1915, indelibly impressing these attitudes on the twentieth-century American mind. The novel creates clearly defined heroes and villains, and is replete with exciting chase scenes, narrow escapes, daring rescues, and trag heart-rending deaths. Behind the action are several romantic subplots designed to make the author's political message go down easier. This version is an abridgement by Cary Wintz, who also supplies an introduction summarizing the passages he has deleted and offering background information about the author, the time period, the plot, and a guide to the characters to enable modern students to read and understand this hard-to-find novel.

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Author:   Thomas Dixon ,  Thomas Wintz ,  Thomas Wintz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780765606174

ISBN 10:   0765606178
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   31 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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”;

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