Ouster: The County Attorney and the Klan [Paperback]

William S. Hendon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 18, 2008

In 1920, a young county attorney takes on the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma. The novel tells the story of the four year battle that Claude Hendon, a county attorney in Pottawatomie County Oklahoma, wages to bring down the local Klan Grand Cyclops and his five whipping teams who are terrorizing the population of the county. In the battle, Claude is threatened, beaten, and shot at. He is charged and tried for bribery and drunkeness by the state attorney general, a Klan supporter, in an effort to oust Claude from office. At the same time, Claude's anti-Klan ally, the governor of Oklahoma, is impeached and ousted from office by a Klan dominated legislature. Claude survives his trial and is acquitted. He goes on to defeat the local Klan by jailing its leaders and many members of the whipping teams. He breaks the Klan. It will never be as powerful again.

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About the Author

William S. Hendon is a retired Professor of Economics and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He is the author of several books in economics including ECONOMICS FOR URBAN SOCIAL PLANNING, ANALYZING AN ART MUSEUM, EVALUATING URBAN PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, and edited ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE ARTS. He founded the Journal of Cultural Economics and was its editor from 1977 until 1993. His work in history includes HENDON BROTHERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. OUSTER is his first novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 396 pages
• Publisher: Mill Creek Press (January 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979845556
• ISBN-13: 978-0979845550
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,424,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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