Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Richard Bowers
National Kids Geographic
With profound love: Wynn, Neva, Helen and Joy.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bowers, Rick, 1952-
Superman vs. the Ku Klux Klan : the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate / by Rick Bowers.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN: 978-1-4263-0917-5
1. Superman (Comic strip) 2. Superman (Fictitious character) 3. Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 4. Comic books, strips, etc.–Social aspects. I. Title.
PN6728.S9B69 2011
741.5′973–dc23
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
8, Special Collections, Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University; 16, Private collection; 22, American Stock/Getty Images; 30, Berenice Abbott/Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs/The New York Public Library; 36, Private collection; 46, Arthur Rothstein/FSA/State Archives of Florida/Library of Congress; 56, Library of Congress; 62, EPIC/The Kobal Collection; 68, Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; 78, Private collection; 86, Carl Iwasaki/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; 92, Private collection; 98, Private collection; 106, Keystone Features/Getty Images; 114, The University of Maryland Broadcasting Archives; 124, Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; 132, Leonard Detrick/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images; 140, Private collection; 150, Private collection.
All insert images courtesy of private collection unless otherwise noted below: insert 4, Lippert Pictures/Getty Images; insert 5, DC Comics/Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection
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CONTENTS
Cover (#u5b96f0c0-71c4-5201-8330-f918f0cb1b05)
Title Page (#ua7d374a8-84f9-5256-bb19-2fe9e3351266)
Copyright (#u14e5dff8-e7b6-5848-9078-4ff8bbbe9943)
FROM THE AUTHOR (#uee88656d-07d4-5d68-8aaf-e430fd4c0b96)
PART ONE—THE BIRTH OF SUPERMAN
Chapter 1—Kosher Delis & Distant Galaxies (#u1eb5abe4-3a31-5316-a0df-afbcf87e49d0)
Chapter 2—Kindred Spirits & Creative Forces (#u57ef760b-70b9-5c4b-b76c-407ef9b43074)
Chapter 3—The Magic of the Mix (#uab1a127c-9e2b-5558-a860-842c6752ebd5)
Chapter 4—Bootleg Whiskey & Printer’s Ink (#u346f4d4e-ef21-5d2d-9ffc-565e3231514a)
Chapter 5—Champion of the Oppressed (#ucc6e643a-628f-56e8-a823-854d6fc5a16a)
PART TWO—EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS
Chapter 6—Orange Groves & Hooded Horses (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 7—The Original Klan (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 8—Back From the Dead (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9—A Bold New Message (#litres_trial_promo)
PART THREE—JUGGERNAUT
Chapter 10—The Big Blue Money Machine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11—“Mayhem, Murder, Torture, & Abduction” (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12—On the Air (#litres_trial_promo)