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Dark Lanterns
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Author : Frank L. Klement
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 1989-08-01
Dark Lanterns written by Frank L. Klement and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-01 with History categories.
During the agonizing days of the Civil War four secret political societies, often known as dark lantern societies, became household words throughout the North. Three of these groups--the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty--supposedly were umbrellas for antiwar Democrats and were reportedly involved in treasonable activities. The Union League, on the other hand, was a patriotic political organization intent upon buttressing northern morale and giving support to the war program of the Lincoln administration. The accusations and counter accusations that passed between these opposing forces helped spread fantastic rumors about their power and influence. Treason trials held in Cincinnati and Indianapolis based convictions on hearsay, while the leaders of the Order of American Knights and the Knights of the Golden Circle spent much of the war in prison without benefit of trial. Today reputable reference sources still matter-of-factly credit these societies with large memberships and evil motives.In Dark Lanterns Frank L Klemment refutes past historical theories and shows quite clearly that these societies were never much more then paper-based organizations with vague goals and little ability to carry them out. Recounting the actual histories of these organizations, he shows how they were senationalized, even fictionalized, in both Republican and Democratic newspaper and magazine exposés. He also probes the trials arising from the supposed conspiracy to establish a separate confederacy in the Midwest and the so-called Camp Douglas conspiracy, which was intended to release the Confederate prisoners housed there. Despite the furor they generated, Klement concludes that these dark lantern societies were essentially engaged in nothing more than a war of words and that their alleged power was greatly exaggerated by political propaganda.Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Dark Lanterns explores a controversial and puzzling aspect of the Civil war. It will be hard to dispute Klements' finding that generations of historians have swallowed whole a tale that was largely the product of myth and legend.
Dark Lanterns
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Author : Harold Vincent Marrot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
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The Dark Lantern
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Author : Henry Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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A Dark Lantern
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Author : Elizabeth Robins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
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Dark Lantern
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Author : ELIZABETH. ROBINS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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Dark Lantern
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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The Dark Lantern
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Author : Henry Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 1951
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Dark Lanterns
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Author : Jack H. Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
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The Dark Lantern
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Author : Gerri Brightwell
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2009-01-06
The Dark Lantern written by Gerri Brightwell and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-06 with Fiction categories.
London, 1893. Elderly Mrs. Bentley is on her deathbed, and her son Robert has returned from France. But in the Bentleys’ well-appointed home, everyone has their secrets, including Robert’s beautiful and elusive wife, the orphan maid she hires from the country, and the mysterious young woman who arrives, claiming to be the bride of Robert’s drowned brother. Robert is quickly developing a reputation in anthropometry, the nascent science of identifying criminals by body measurements. Yet soon he is caught up in the deceptions swirling around him, for no one under his roof is quite what they seem. When an intruder enters the house and ransacks the study, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens not only the genteel, comfortable life the Bentleys have managed to secure but also their very survival. A fascinating portrayal of a vanished England as well as an unconventional mystery, The Dark Lantern exposes the grand “upstairs” of a Victorian home and the darker underbelly of its servants’ quarters. The clash between the classes makes for a suspenseful novel of mistaken identities, intriguing women, and dangerous deceptions.
Secret Societies And Clubs In American History
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Author : David Luhrssen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2015-09-09
Secret Societies And Clubs In American History written by David Luhrssen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-09 with History categories.
Grounded in extensive historical research, this eye-opening survey reveals the long-undervalued role secret societies have played in American history. Americans are fascinated by secret societies and have devoured exaggerated claims for their influence. At the same time, scholarly assessments of covert groups that have shaped American social, cultural, and political history have often undervalued their role or even questioned their existence. This survey challenges both the exaggerators and the deniers. Freemasons? They may not be the hidden rulers of the world, but a significant number of America's founders were Masons. The Know Nothings? Two American presidents joined the movement. The Bohemian Grove? Republican politicians and corporate leaders really did engage in strange behavior under the redwood trees through the 20th century. Revealing fascinating facts about some of the most talked-about covert societies, including the Mafia, the Skull and Bones and the Ku Klux Klan, Secret Societies and Clubs in American History exposes the truth about the subcultures that made their mark on some of the most important events in the nation's history and contributed to the shaping of the country itself.