NOVELS
SHORT STORIES
POETRY
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Clansman
An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
by Thomas Dixon
— 1905 —
Table of Contents
To The Reader
BOOK I
THE ASSASSINATION
The Bruised Reed
The Great Heart
The Man of War
A Clash of Giants
The Battle of Love
The Assassination
The Frenzy of a Nation
BOOK II
THE REVOLUTION
The First Lady of the Land
Sweethearts
The Joy of Living
Hidden Treasure
Across the Chasm
The Gauge of Battle
A Woman Laughs
A Dream
The King Amuses Himself
Tossed by the Storm
The Supreme Test
Triumph in Defeat
BOOK III
THE REIGN OF TERROR
A Fallen Slaveholder’s Mansion
The Eyes of the Jungle
Augustus Cæsar
At the Point of the Bayonet
Forty Acres and a Mule
A Whisper in the Crowd
By the Light of a Torch
The Riot in the Master’s Hall
At Lover’s Leap
A Night Hawk
The Beat of a Sparrow’s Wing
At the Dawn of Day
BOOK IV
THE KU KLUX KLAN
The Hunt for the Animal
The Fiery Cross
The Parting of the Ways
The Banner of the Dragon
The Reign of the Klan
The Counter Stroke
The Snare of the Fowler
A Ride for a Life
“Vengeance Is Mine”