"Investigation of Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt Article" - Charles Patton - Florida Times Union

A times-Union investigation reveals embellishments by Stetson Kennedy, but finds support for the events his books depicts.

Byline: Charles Patton; 2006-01-29; Florida Times-Union; 

Report: Stetson Kennedy Controversy

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". . . As Dubner and Leavitt contend, The Klan Unmasked is not a straightforward work of nonfiction. Although all of the events described in the narrative are supported by documents in the collection, a few have been embellished and quite a few have been given a slightly different context. A number of incidents described firsthand by Kennedy in the book were actually witnessed by someone else or came from third-party accounts . . ."

Description:Follow-up investigation by Charles Patton of the Florida Times-Union of the Dubner-Levitt revisit of Stetson Kennedy's work.

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