Thomas Dixon
Thomas Frederick Dixon Jr. was an American Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, lecturer, writer, and filmmaker. Dixon wrote two best-selling novels, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865–1900 (1902) and The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (1905), that romanticized Southern white supremacy, endorsed the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, opposed equal rights for black people, and glorified the Ku Klux Klan as heroic vigilantes. Film director D. W. Griffith adapted The Clansman for the screen in The Birth of a Nation (1915). The film inspired the creators of the 20th-century rebirth of the Klan.
A Man of the People: A Drama of Abraham Lincoln
Witness an iconic leader's humble beginnings as he rises to face a nation torn apart by war and injustice.
By Thomas Dixon
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
Experience a dramatic tale of duty and destiny, where one man's journey becomes intertwined with the fate of the nation amidst the turmoil of war.
By Thomas Dixon
The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South
Amidst the turmoil of the Reconstruction South, a newspaper editor's fight for justice intertwines with a forbidden love, forcing him to confront the deep-seated prejudices of a divided nation.
By Thomas Dixon
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
In a city of dreams, a preacher's vision for a perfect world is tested by love, ambition, and the complicated realities of human connection.
By Thomas Dixon
The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Amidst the turmoil of post-Civil War America, a nation grapples with reconstruction where a clandestine organization rises while a young woman fights to save a condemned soldier and her loved ones struggle with dramatic social conflict.
By Thomas Dixon
The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire
In a post-Civil War world, a former Klan leader must choose between vengeance and morality as his past actions catch up to him.
By Thomas Dixon
The Root of Evil
In a world of wealth and expectation, a young couple must fight against scheming family to embrace ideal love, or surrender to the twisting root of evil.
By Thomas Dixon
The Foolish Virgin
In a world of change, a young woman's outdated ideas about love are challenged, leaving her feeling lonely and confused.
By Thomas Dixon
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Thomas Dixon
Explore a writer's early 20th-century views on love, morality, and a changing nation amid the Civil War's aftermath.
By Thomas Dixon
Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California
In a time of political crisis, a wealthy son must choose between his father's old-fashioned patriotism and the revolutionary ideals of a passionate woman.
By Thomas Dixon
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
Amidst a backdrop of lavish balls and looming war, a family confronts the harsh realities of slavery and the division of a nation.
By Thomas Dixon
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
In a divided nation, a marriage faces its own battle as a determined woman seeks to pull her reluctant husband from his simple life into a world of ambition and change.
By Thomas Dixon
The Fall of a Nation A Sequel to the Birth of a Nation
In a nation on the edge, a congressman and a passionate suffragette battle over ideals as a nation debates its future.
By Thomas Dixon
The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900
Amidst the ruins of the American South, a soldier and a woman fight to rebuild their lives in the face of devastation and newfound freedom.
By Thomas Dixon