An edition of Secret Societies And Clubs In American History
(2014)
Secret Societies And Clubs In American History
by Gordon Reavley
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Table of Contents
Timeline: Secret Societies in American History p. xi
Introduction p. xxix
1 Freemasonry p. 1
Benjamin Franklin: Mason, Statesman, Scientist p. 7
Prince Hall: America's Black Mason p. 9
The Anti-Masonic Party p. 11
2 Skull and Bones p. 15
The Skulls: Paranoia in the Multiplex p. 19
3 The Know Nothings p. 21
Millard Fillmore: The Great Compromiser p. 27
Ulysses S. Grant's Brush with Conspiracy p. 29
4 The Molly Maguires p. 31
The Pottsville Trials p. 36
5 Triads and Tongs p. 40
Charlie Soong: A Remarkable Chinese-American Life p. 45
Steve Wong: The Missing Triad p. 49
6 Knights of the Golden Circle p. 52
The Northwest Conspiracy p. 56
7 The Ku Klux Klan p. 61
Nathan Bedford Forrest: The General Takes Command p. 68
Thomas Dixon, Jr.: Nostalgia for the Klan p. 70
The Birth of a Nation: Rewriting History p. 73
David Duke: Klansman for a New Era p. 76
8 The Knights of Labor p. 79
Terence V. Powderly: Grand Master Workman p. 85
9 Bohemian Club p. 89
Ambrose Bierce's Mysterious Endgame p. 93
Henry George: FDR's Intellectual Mentor p. 97
10 The Mafia p. 100
Al Capone Cashes in on Prohibition p. 107
Jimmy Hoffa's Dead End p. 112
The Godfather: Better Than Real Life p. 115
The Sopranos: The Mob's Last Days? p. 119
11 Ordo Templi Orientis p. 122
Jack Parsons: Rocket Man p. 126
Harry Smith: The Occult Roots of the Folk Revival p. 131
12 Christian Identity p. 135
Aryan Nations: The Racist Alternative State p. 138
The Order Wages War on the United States p. 141
13 Scientology p. 144
Dianetics: In Search of Science p. 149
Church of Scientology p. 151
Tom Cruise: The Face of Scientology p. 156
The Master: L. Ron Hubbard on Camera? p. 161
14 Manson Family p. 164
The Manson Murders p. 172
A Girl Called -Squeaky" p. 178
15 Heaven's Gate p. 184
Primary Documents p. 191
Freemasonry: from Robert F. Gould, The Concise History of freemasonry (1920) p. 191
Skull and Bones: from The Iconoclast, October 13, 1873 p. 195
The Know Nothings: from The Autobiography of Horace Greeley: Or, Recollections of a Busy Life (1872) p. 199
The Molly Maguires: from F. P. Dewees, The Molly Maguires: The Origin, Growth, and Character of the Organization (1877) p. 200
Triads and Tongs: from Stewart Culin, The I Hing or "Patriotic Rising," Report of the Proceedings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1887-1889 p. 202
Knights of the Golden Circle: from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1891) p. 208
The Ku Klux Klan: from Thomas Dixon, Jr., The Clansman (1905) p. 213
Knights of Labor: Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor (1878) p. 219
Bohemian Grove: "Bohemian High Jinks," New York Tribune Illustrated Supplement, December 18, 1904 p. 221
The Mafia: from Chicago Daily Tribune, January 25 and October 25, 1921 p. 224
Ordo Templi Orientis: from The Equinox (1909) p. 225
Christian Identity: from the Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion (1903) p. 230
Scientology: from Church of Scientology vs. Gerald Armstrong (1991) p. 233
The Manson Family: from Testimony of Charles Manson in the Tate-LaBianca Murder Trial, November 20, 1970
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