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Title: The Clansman
An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

Author: Thomas Dixon

Release Date: August 9, 2008 [EBook #26240]

Language: English

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THE CLANSMAN

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The Illustrations Shown in This Edition Are Reproductions of Scenes
from the Photo-Play of "The Birth of a Nation" Produced and
Copyrighted by The Epoch Producing Corporation, to Whom the Publishers
Desire to Express Their Thanks and Appreciation for Permission to Use
the Pictures.

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[Illustration: THE REIGN OF THE KLAN]

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THE CLANSMAN

An Historical Romance
of the Ku Klux Klan

By
THOMAS DIXON

Author Of
The Leopard's Spots, Comrades, Etc.

Illustrated With Scenes From The Photo-Play
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Produced And Copyrighted By
Epoch Producing Corporation

GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers :: New York

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Copyright, 1905
BY THOMAS DIXON, JR.

The Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y.

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TO THE MEMORY OF
A SCOTCH-IRISH LEADER OF THE SOUTH

MY UNCLE, COLONEL LEROY MCAFEE

GRAND TITAN OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE
KU KLUX KLAN

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TO THE READER

"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 disfranchisement.

"The Clansman" develops the true story of the "Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy,"
which overturned the Reconstruction regime.

The organization was governed by the Grand Wizard Commander-in-Chief, who
lived a