Not a Catholic Nation

"During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks. In 'Not a Catholic Nation', Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England {u2212}Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont{u2212} and details the reactions of the region's Catholic population, the Klan's primary targets. Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources {u2212}French-language newspapers in the New England-Canadian borderlands; KKK documents scattered in local, university, and Catholic repositories; and previously undiscovered copies of the 'Maine Klansmen'{u2212} Richard challenges the increasingly prevalent view that the Ku Klux Klan became a mass movement during this period largely because it functioned as social, fraternal, or civic organization for many Protestants. He shows thet the politics of ethnicity and labor played a significant role in the Klan's growth in the region"-- from back cover.