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The clansman
A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Book • 1905
The Clansman, published in 1905, is the second novel in Thomas Dixon Jr.'s trilogy about the Ku Klux Klan.
It presents a pro-Confederate view of the American Civil War and Reconstruction, glorifying the Klan as protectors of Southern whites.
The novel was adapted into a successful play and later into D. W. Griffith's influential film, The Birth of a Nation.
It presents a pro-Confederate view of the American Civil War and Reconstruction, glorifying the Klan as protectors of Southern whites.
The novel was adapted into a successful play and later into D. W. Griffith's influential film, The Birth of a Nation.