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Grounded in extensive historical research, this eye-opening survey reveals the long-undervalued role secret societies have played in American history.
Based on scholarly research, this book appeals to both academics and the general public
Sheds light on familiar figures from American history
Includes photographs
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
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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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