Leopard's Spots

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Historical Fiction

Authors: Thomas Dixon, Jr. In Year : 1903

Book Language: English

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Historical Note
1.1 - A Hero Returns
1.2 - A Light Shining In Darkness
1.3 - Deepening Shadows
1.4 - Mr. Lincoln's Dream
1.5 - The Old and the New Church
1.6 - The Preacher and the Woman of Boston
1.7 - The Heart of a Child
1.8 - An Experiment in Matrimony
1.9 - A Master of Men
1.10 - The Man or Brute in Embryo
1.11 - Simon Legree
1.12 - Red Snow Drops
1.13 - Dick
1.14 - The Negro Uprising
1.15 - The New Citizen King
1.16 - Legree Speaker of the House
1.17 - The Second Reign of Terror
1.18 - The Red Flag of the Auctioneer
1.19 - The Rally of the Clansmen
1.20 - How Civilization Was Saved
1.21 - The Old and the New Negro
1.22 - The Danger of Playing with Fire
1.23 - The Birth of a Scalawag
1.24 - A Modern Miracle
2.1 - Blue Eyes and Black Hair
2.2 - The Voice of the Tempter
2.3 - Flora
2.4 - The One Woman
2.5 - The Morning of Love
2.6 - Beside Beautiful Waters
2.7 - Dreams and Fears
2.8 - The Unsolved Riddle
2.9 - The Rhythm of the Dance
2.10 - The Heart of a Villain
2.11 - The Old, Old Story
2.12 - The Music of the Mills
2.13 - The First Kiss
2.14 - A Mysterious Letter
2.15 - A Blow in the Dark
2.16 - The Mystery of Pain
2.17 - Is God Omnipotent?
2.18 - The Ways of Boston
2.19 - The Shadow of a Doubt
2.20 - A New Lesson in Love
2.21 - Why the Preacher Threw His Life Away
2.22 - The Flesh and the Spirit
3.1 - A Growl Beneath the Earth
3.2 - Face to Face with Fate
3.3 - A White Lie
3.4 - The Unspoken Terror
3.5 - A Thousand-Legged Beast
3.6 - The Black Peril
3.7 - Equality With a Reservation
3.8 - The New Simon Legree
3.9 - The New America
3.10 - Another Declaration of Independence
3.11 - The Heart of a Woman
3.12 - The Splendour of Shameless Love
3.13 - A Speech That Made History
3.14 - The Red Shirts
3.15 - The Higher Law
3.16 - The End of a Modern Villain
3.17 - Wedding Bells in the Governor's Mansion

The first in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), parts of this novel were incorporated in the 1915 silent movie classic, "The Birth Of A Nation". Set in North Carolina, the book explores the extreme social and racial tensions of the period as Confederates attempt to fight off "reconstructionist" policy, rebuild the war-torn South's economy, and grapple with the rampant "race question" of the day, whether the black and white races can ever live side by side as equals, i.e., whether a leopard can change its spots? Characters include the villainous Reconstruction leader, Simon Legree (the same vile slave holder from Harriett Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, only many years later); Charles Gaston, a young southern gentleman who dreams of true love and the governor's mansion; Sallie Worth, sweet obedient daughter of southern aristocracy. A colorful assortment of preachers, carpetbaggers, scallywags, farmers, Ku Klux Klan members, and newly emancipated negroes help round out the cast. (Summary by Michele T. Fry)