Brian Fairbanks was Gawker's first investigative reporter. Before that, he worked with Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley at the Eisenhower Center in New Orleans. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Business Insider, and the New York Press, among others. He lives in New Orleans.

• Cast of CharactersIntroductionPrologue: October 19, 1991Part I: The Crook1. The Squeaker2. Fast EddiePart II: The Wizard3. Aryan Youth4. Klansman, Unhooded5. What Beth Rickey Found6. Vox PopulistPart III: The Grand Old Partisans7. The Murder8. The Dragon9. “The Race From Hell”10. The Gamblers11. The Wizards12. “The Last Race”Part IV: The Right13. The 5,784 DaysAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotes

All books about politics should be so easy and enjoyable to read."—Robert Mann, Manship Chair in Journalism, Louisiana State University, and author of Becoming Ronald Reagan: The Rise of a Conservative Icon

Brian Fairbanks was Gawker's first investigative reporter. Before that, he worked with Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley at the Eisenhower Center in New Orleans. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Business Insider, and the New York Press, among others. He lives in New Orleans.

• Cast of CharactersIntroductionPrologue: October 19, 1991Part I: The Crook1. The Squeaker2. Fast EddiePart II: The Wizard3. Aryan Youth4. Klansman, Unhooded5. What Beth Rickey Found6. Vox PopulistPart III: The Grand Old Partisans7. The Murder8. The Dragon9. “The Race From Hell”10. The Gamblers11. The Wizards12. “The Last Race”Part IV: The Right13. The 5,784 DaysAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotes

All books about politics should be so easy and enjoyable to read."—Robert Mann, Manship Chair in Journalism, Louisiana State University, and author of Becoming Ronald Reagan: The Rise of a Conservative Icon

Brian Fairbanks was Gawker's first investigative reporter. Before that, he worked with Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley at the Eisenhower Center in New Orleans. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Business Insider, and the New York Press, among others. He lives in New Orleans.

• Cast of CharactersIntroductionPrologue: October 19, 1991Part I: The Crook1. The Squeaker2. Fast EddiePart II: The Wizard3. Aryan Youth4. Klansman, Unhooded5. What Beth Rickey Found6. Vox PopulistPart III: The Grand Old Partisans7. The Murder8. The Dragon9. “The Race From Hell”10. The Gamblers11. The Wizards12. “The Last Race”Part IV: The Right13. The 5,784 DaysAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotes

All books about politics should be so easy and enjoyable to read."—Robert Mann, Manship Chair in Journalism, Louisiana State University, and author of Becoming Ronald Reagan: The Rise of a Conservative Icon