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''The Leopard's Spots'' is the first novel of Thomas Dixon's Ku Klux Klan trilogy that included ''The Clansman'' and ''The Traitor''.〔(Andrew Leitner, "Thomas Dixon, Jr.: Conflicts in History and Literature", ''Documenting the American South'' ), University of North Carolina, accessed Jun 12, 2008〕 In the novel Dixon offers an account of Reconstruction in which he portrays the villains as a former slave driver, Northern carpetbaggers and emancipated slaves; and heroes as members of the Ku Klux Klan. ==Characters== Charles Gaston – A man who dreams of making it to the Governor's Mansion Sallie Worth – A daughter of the old-fashioned South Gen. Daniel Worth – Sallie Worth's father Mrs. Worth – Sallie's mother The Rev. John Durham – A preacher who threw his life away Tom Camp – A Confederate soldier Flora – Tom's daughter Simon Legree – Ex-slave driver and Reconstruction leader Allan Mcleod – A scalawag (Union sympathizer) Everett Lowell – Member of Congress from Boston Helen Lowell – Everett's daughter Major Stuart Dameron – Head of the Ku Klux Klan Hose Norman – poor white man Hon. Tim Shelby – Political Boss George Harris, Jr – An educated Negro Leonidas 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Leopard's Spots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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