The Reconstruction Trilogy Series by Thomas Dixon Jr.

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  • The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900 (The Reconstruction Trilogy #1)
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    The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900 (The Reconstruction Trilogy #1)

    Thomas Dixon Jr.

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1902

    "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?" The Leopard's Spots is the first novel of Thomas Dixon's Ku Klux Klan trilogy that included The Clansman and The Traitor. In the novel Dixon offers an account of Reconstruction in which he portrays the villains as a former slave driver, Northern carpetbaggers and emancipated slaves; and heroes as members of the Ku Klux Klan.

  • The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (The Reconstruction Trilogy #2)
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    The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (The Reconstruction Trilogy #2)

    Thomas Dixon Jr.

    Rated: 2.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1905

    1905. 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 disenfranchisement. The Clansman develops the true story of the Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy, which overturned the Reconstruction regime...I have sought to preserve in this romance both the letter and the spirit of this remarkable period... more

  • The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire (The Reconstruction Trilogy #3)
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    The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire (The Reconstruction Trilogy #3)

    Thomas Dixon Jr.

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1907

    Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman (1905), which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915). Although currently his life and works are discredited by his racism, he was among the most popular speakers and writers of his day... more

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