02320cam a22002893u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000090010610000260011524500450014126400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037250801970040352013100060053400450191065300320195585600430198733324UtSlPG20260610133747.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE6601 aBeard, James Melville10aK. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-08-02  aProduced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was
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from the Google Print project.)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aKu Klux Klan (19th century)40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33324