Ku Klux Klan: America's First Terrorists Exposed: The Rebirth Od The Strange Society Of Blood And Death

O'Donnell, Patrick (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1419649787 / ISBN 13: 9781419649783

Published by Createspace, 2006

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313 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ku Klux Klan: America's First Terrorists Exposed: The Rebirth Od The Strange Society Of Blood And Death
• Publisher: Createspace
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419649787
• ISBN 13: 9781419649783
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

The aftermath of the Civil War saw the Ku Klux Klan founded as a white supremacist insurgency of former Confederate rebels. But the Klan saw its greatest growth in the first decades of the 20th century. By 1925, with a membership of about four million, it was established in every state of the Union. Fueling its incredible growth was a potent combination of public relations expertise and high-pressure sales tactics applied to the business of hate. Its sinister legacy still confronts us today. Collected here for the first time is a massive dossier of original source material documenting this bizarre episode of American history. Materials include government reports; long-hidden pages from the Klan’s own handbook; pro- and anti-Klan articles from newspapers and magazines of the period; and much more, including the complete text of Ezra A. Cook’s classic piece of investigative reporting, “Ku Klux Klan: Secrets Exposed.” All unabridged.

Review

"In KU KLUX KLAN: AMERICA'S FIRST TERRORISTS EXPOSED, Patrick O'Donnell decodes a nocturnal nightmare: vigilante violence, hangmen disguised as ghosts, cries for societal purging, night rides through the death woods with whips cracking and crosses burning -- more strange fruit hung by the KKK. This book rips the hood off and gives us the most crucial look yet into a national debate turned national shame." -- - Michael Benson, author of INSIDE SECRET SOCIETIES: What They Don't Want You to Know