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

Originally published in 1905, this novel describes the anxiety and confusion of the years immediately after the South�s defeat. Faced with a total breakdown of law and order, some southern leaders called upon the spirits of their ancestors, the clansmen of Old Scotland. The Ku Klux Klan was conceived as an �Invisible Empire� pledged to protect the people of the South.