Night Riders and a Southern Family Portrait
A first person account follows Bud's shooting and hospital stay as a Southern family debates loyalty and racial tension. Miss Lucy defends night riding while the old man upholds law and order, and George recounts tales of Ku Klux history and romances among Miss Lucy Buckner and Marie Prent McMakin amid marriage plans and social conflicts.
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Lucy
Mandy
Agin
Law and Order
Kuklux Klan
Miss Lucy
Kukluxes
Boston
Bud
Trust
George
St. George
Mario Willyam
Lucy Buckner
Gwine
Marie Prent McMakin
Marie Kunnel Hampton
Grampa
Lucy Bynh
David Armstrong
Miss Hampton
Indiana
Tennessee
Martha
Kunnel Hampton
Marie Willyam
Miss Buckner
Mrs. Armstrong
Hampton
Prent McMakin
Tom Buckner
Tom
Colonel Tampton
Alabama
Florida
Georgina
Davises
Dr Kirby Plotting Anti Curl Scam With Dr Jackson
In Atlanta, Danny learns Dr Kirby has joined forces with Dr Julius Jackson to push Anti Curl a hair straightening product aimed at Black customers. They plan a stock company to profit by selling a whitening treatment, even manipulating arsenic experiments on a captive rigger. Kirby doubts success but enters a risky scheme that could bind him to Jackson.
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Kirby Agin
Atlanta
Watty
Snake Charmer
Parisign
Dolly
Reginald
George
Danny
Lake Erie
Canada
Dr. Kirby
Jackson
Julius Jackson
Dr. Jackson
Dr. Sirby
Kirby
Moe
Carl Stuf
Ams
Serry
Sym
Black Country
Sam
Sid
Organ
The Doctor's Drinking Delivers Astringent Reflections
In this fragment from Chapter XIV, Dr. Kirby ages visibly as drink tightens his grip. He frets over past schemes, contemplates honesty, and voices a fearsome view of deceit tied to race. The narrator notes self recognition and a night spent unsettled by looming visions.
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Iley
Kirby
Sam
J. Jackson
Jackson
Daniel
Dr. Kirby
Local figure plots risky schemes for cash
A man described as fond of money and talk of nothing to obtain it considers various wild schemes to raise funds, showing willingness to take bold risks across the country. He reflects a mindset focused on money and opportunity rather than caution.
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Mey
Noth
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Don Marquis
Doubleday, Page & Co
Kunnel
the Nut Club
Pete
F. R. Morgan
Uni
Lise
NUT Club