Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface: Media Hype and Poor-Boy Politics xi
4. 1. A Quick Look behind the Mask 1
5. 2. The Klan Rides, 1865-71 8
6. 3. The Birth of a Nation 22
7. 4. The Klan Revival, 1915-21 28
8. 5. The Eyes of Texas 39
9. 6. Mayhem and Martial Law in Oklahoma 49
10. 7. The Razorback Klan 56
11. 8. Louisiana: Black Sheets among the Bayous 59
12. 9. Mississippi: Fiery Crosses on the Levee 66
13. 10. Georgia: The Klan Tabernacle 70
14. 11. The Heart of Dixie 78
15. 12. Oregon: Puritanism Repotted 85
16. 13. Success and Schism in the Tarheel State 92
17. 14. Klansmen in the Carolina Piedmont 98
18. 15. The Price of Success 100
19. 16. The Ten-Dollar Special 109
20. 17. Gold-Rush Days in California 119
21. 18. Pikes Peak or Bust 126
22. 19. In Defense of Inland America 135
23. 20. Twisting the Klan's Shirttail in Kansas 143
24. 21. Bad Luck in Minneapolis 149
25. 22. Border-State Klans 152
26. 23. Klan Castles in Indiana 162
27. 24. Mighty Ohio 175
28. 25. The Fighting lllini 183
29. 26. Badger Games in Wisconsin 190
30. 27. White Robes on Woodward Avenue 194
31. 28. National Politics 198
32. 29. The Championship Fight in Madison Square Garden 202
33. 30. Anticlimax: The Nineteen Twenty-four Election 213
34. 31. From Canada to the Rio Grande 216
35. 32. Every Man for Himself in Florida 225
36. 33. Attempted Dominion in Virginia 230
37. 34. Riotous Doings in Penn's Woods 236
38. 35. Methodists and Madness in the Garden State 243
39. 36. The E-ri-e Was a-Rising, and the Gin Was Getting Low 254
40. 37 DEFENDING THE PURITAN FATHERS 266
41. 38. The Klan International 279
42. 39. Marching on Washington 281
43. 40. Decline 291
44. 41. Nineteen Twenty-eight, a Year of Perils and Promises 300
45. 42. The Depression Decade, 1929-39 304
46. 43. All Dressed Up But Not Going Anywhere: The Colescott Era 319
47. 44. The Hooded World of Dr. Green 325
48. 45. The Death of the Dragon 335
49. 46. Laissez Faire, Violence, and Confusion in the Late Fifties 343
50. 47. The New Frontiers of the Nineteen Sixties 366
51. 48. The Long Hot Summer 375
52. 49. Declining Power 386
53. 50. Bad Times in the 1970s 397
54. 51. Confrontation, Poor-Boy Politics, and Revival 405
55. 52. Death in Greensboro 416
56. 53. The Enduring Klan 424
57. Acknowledgments 439
58. Bibliography 441
59. Index 465