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Ten dollars to hate : the Texas man who fought the Klan /
Ten Dollars to Hate tells the story of the massive Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s-by far the most "successful" incarnation since its inception in the ashes of the Civil War-and the first prosecutor in the nation to successfully convict and jail Klan members. Dan Moody, a twenty-nine-year-old Te...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2017]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Sam Rayburn series on rural life ;
no. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- "The worst beat-up man": the whipping of R.W. Burleson
- "A pious, prissy-walking, big man": the awakening of the second Ku Klux Klan
- "Every man who had the instincts of a cheat, a spy, a coward and a cad": the Klan explodes
- "Fearless as a lion and honest as God's sunshine": Dan Moody-the early years
- "So silent it seemed like death": the Klan comes to Texas and expands beyond
- "It just broke his heart": beyond violence-the Klan's more insidious damage
- "Boys, you'd better disband": a few voices speak out; opposition grows
- "Our boys who sleep": opposition to the Klan intensifies
- "Think Klan victims crushed by tractor": the atrocity of Mer Rouge-efforts to punish the Klan
- "One of the sharpest legal battles on record in this court": the Klan on trial
- Epilogue 1. "Texas has been fortunate to have such a man": the aftermath for Dan Moody
- Epilogue 2. "An affidavit to say you never belonged": the aftermath for the Ku Klux Klan.