Leopard's Spots
Author: first_name: Thomas
last_name: Dixon, Jr.
Language: English
Year: 1903

The first in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - <u>The Leopard's Spots</u> (1902), <u>The Clansman</u> (1905), and <u>The Traitor</u> (1907), parts of this novel were incorporated in the 1915 silent movie classic, "<u>The Birth Of A Nation</u>". Set in North Carolina, the book explores the extreme social and racial tensions of the period as Confederates attempt to fight off "reconstructionist" policy, rebuild the war-torn South's economy, and grapple with the rampant "race question" of the da