The Failed Joke of the Veiled Prophet: How a Fake Illinois Klansman Became the Grim Symbol of St. Louis's Happiest Civic Celebration

by George Garrigues

A WHITE SHEETED THUG in a pointed hat, with pistol and shotguns at the ready. Was he a symbol of privilege and power?

Of class and racial control? If so, why was he surrounded by a bug, a lion, and a lady with a cup of hot chocolate?

The year was 1878. In St. Louis, Missouri, tens of thousands of spectators cheered the downtown arrival of a mysterious "Sublime Hime-uk-amuk of the Veiled Prophets."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999014226
• ISBN13: 9780999014226
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: City Desk Publishing
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"