The Last Meeting Of The Knights Of The White Magnolia (play)
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia is the first play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones. Set in 1962 it follows a meeting of 'the Knights of the White Magnolia', a Ku Klux Klan-like group, with seven members.
| The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia | |
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| Written by | Preston Jones |
| Series | Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander, The Oldest Living Graduate |
| Setting | Bradleyville, Texas, 1962. Meeting room of the "Knights of the White Magnolia" on the third floor of the Cattleman's Hotel. |
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