Project Gutenberg 2010-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 73 Beard, James Melville K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : $b 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. Reading ease score: 39.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. 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.) "K. K. K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic" by James Melville Beard is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work addresses the events and implications of the Ku Klux Klan movement in the South after the Civil War, providing insights into the social and political issues that stemmed from this secretive organization. Beard's narrative promises to explore the causes of the Klan's emergence, its structure, and the context within which it operated, offering a perspective that blends humor with a serious examination of its impact on society. The opening of the book introduces the historical context following the Civil War, where Beard outlines the tumultuous political landscape that contributed to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. He discusses the discontent in the South due to radical governance and disenfranchisement of white citizens, which led to societal unrest. The narrative conveys the conditions that allowed secret organizations like the Klan to flourish, highlighting the complexities of race, politics, and power dynamics of the Reconstruction era. Beard's tone seems to oscillate between a somber reflection on historical events and a humorous interpretation of absurdities inherent in the Klan's mythology and operations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ku Klux Klan (19th century) E660 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Humour 329798 329915 2024-10-14T07:14:24.652655 2023-09-14T11:31:07.494919 text/html text/html 334504 2010-08-02T18:07:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 123479 2010-08-02T18:07:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245283 2024-10-14T07:14:33.807600 application/epub+zip 248008 2024-10-14T07:14:28.898626 application/epub+zip 197004 2024-10-14T07:14:27.419628 application/epub+zip 465817 2024-10-14T07:14:37.750556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429120 2024-10-14T07:14:32.809632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243216 2022-09-15T09:16:23.926743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301493 301094 2024-10-14T07:14:23.970659 2023-09-14T11:31:06.789950 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301295 2010-08-02T18:07:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116888 2010-08-02T18:07:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301290 2010-08-02T18:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116847 2010-08-02T18:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21301 2024-10-14T07:14:37.912560 application/rdf+xml 17623 2024-10-14T07:14:28.007600 image/jpeg 3638 2024-10-14T07:14:27.707616 image/jpeg 236023 2024-10-14T07:14:24.683636 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog