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K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.

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K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.

by James Melville Beard

EN·~4 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total

K. K. K. SKETCHES,

0:48

PREFACE.

4:27

KU-KLUX SKETCHES.

0:01

CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY.

6:56

CHAPTER II. - CAUSES OF THE K. K. K. MOVEMENT.

16:53

CHAPTER III. - THE KLAN.

12:25

CHAPTER IV. - SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING K. K. K.

16:49

CHAPTER V. - K. K. K. DEALINGS WITH THE LOYAL LEAGUE.

17:41

CHAPTER VI. - GHOST FEATURE OF THE MOVEMENT. ITS PHILOSOPHY.

14:31

CHAPTER VII. - DETAILS OF ORGANIZATION.

12:55

Description

A series of compact sketches brings the hidden world of a notorious post‑war organization into clearer view, using a light, almost conversational tone that balances humor with instruction. The author’s aim is to satisfy the public’s appetite for information while keeping the narrative approachable, presenting each episode as a vivid vignette rather than a dense academic treatise.

Drawing on conversations with individuals who once occupied positions of authority within the movement, the sketches trace early causes, outline some of the most talked‑about incidents, and explore the broader social and political currents that allowed the group to flourish. The writer’s style leans toward the romantic storyteller, offering a readable, concise portrait that still respects the factual backbone of the era.

Listeners will find a snapshot of the period’s anxieties and debates, packaged in a format that feels both entertaining and informative, making a complex and shadowed chapter of history feel surprisingly immediate.

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K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it. Treating the More Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South.
 With a Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from it.

Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (262K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Release date

2010-08-02

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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James Melville Beard

Known today for a single surviving book, this 19th-century writer left behind a vivid, deeply of-its-time account of Reconstruction-era conflict in the American South. His work is now read as a historical artifact as much as a literary one.

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