King Cobra - 9781957868684

The blistering story of intolerance & hate that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1940, a novel that the Fort Worth Star Telegram called "probably the most shameless and shaming book that has ever been written in America." Now it's finally back in print.A young newspaper reporter in a small, Southern town chronicles the evolution of the Red Riders, a secret, racist society of self-proclaimed patriots, that begins in the 1930 and, driven by naked greed and pure hate, rises to violent, national prominence...before tumbling in fiery and lurid tragedy. This book was published under the pseudonym "Frank Dudley," but it didn't fool anyone. One critic at the Chattanooga Daily Times wrote: "'Frank Dudley,' according to the publishers, covers the identity of a brilliant, bestselling novelist & I can imagine he came up not too many miles from Atlanta. In fact, I wonder if his first initial is not 'W' and his second 'G.'""The deftness with which the book is written bears the unmistakeable evidence of an experienced writer. Every American should take warning from these menacing and reveal pages, for this tale, hilarious though it may be, is basically true." Buffalo News""A book of authority, powerfully written, ringing with truth and sounding a warning to all mankind. King Cobra is exciting drama, doubly so, since behind its veil of fiction lies the bedrock of truth." Portland Press-Herald"It is, to me, perhaps the greatest book that has been written, the greatest sermon that has been preached, in the last 20 years of American life. It shows the sources of our prejudice -- and the greed which makes capital of our prejudice. It shows our stupidity -- and the crookedness which capitalizes on our stupidity. It is not a nice book. But you have no more right to turn from its foulness and its terror than you have a right to turn from a broken sewer in front of your own house. Get King Cobra. Get it and read it. And learn what's in yourself." Fort Worth Star Telegram

• | Author: Ward Greene
• | Publisher: Cutting Edge Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 183 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1957868686
• | ISBN-13: 9781957868684