The fame of a dead man's deeds : an up-close portrait of white nationalist William Pierce

The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds: An Up-Close Portrait of White Nationalist William Pierce by Robert S. Griffin is about the life and ideas of the most influential and intriguing figure on the extreme right in America. William Pierce is best known as the author of the infamous underground novel, The Turner Diaries, which has sold over three hundred thousand copies and very likely inspired the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. An Anti-Defamation League report calls the organization Pierce heads, the National Alliance, the most dangerous hate group in America. Robert Griffin lived for a month on Pierce's heavily guarded property in rural West Virginia and came to know Pierce and those around him. Griffin conducted twenty hours of audio-taped interviews with Pierce, which he draws upon extensively in The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds. The book recounts Pierce's personal story from childhood on, identifies the books and people and situations that have influenced him, spells out his perspective on the issues of our time, and describes his day-to-day routine. The title of the book is drawn from an old Norse poem which, in ways that become clear as the book progresses, captures the meaning Pierce ascribes to his own life. Pierce is put in a larger frame by accounts of the lives and ideas of other individuals on the far right, most of them unfamiliar to the general public, and references to related published materials, many of which are not readily available in this country. Readers of this book will come away with a clear understanding of white nationalism--another label, white racialism--and its critique of American life. General readers will find The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds engaging and accessible, and even the most discerning readers will find this book timely, important, informative, and thought-provoking. CONTENTS......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 6 1 - INTRODUCTION......Page 8 2 - FIRST CONTACT......Page 24 3 - EARLY LIFE......Page 33 4 - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, ET AL.......Page 50 5 - ADOLF HITLER......Page 68 6 - THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY......Page 87 7 - GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL......Page 91 8 - THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE......Page 119 9 - REVILO P. OLIVER......Page 135 10 - THE TURNER DIARIES......Page 150 11 - PIERCE ON THE TURNER DIARIES......Page 162 12 - TIMOTHY MCVEIGH......Page 168 13 - OUR CAUSE......Page 174 14 - COSMOTHEISM......Page 185 15 - ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN......Page 205 16 - BOB MATHEWS......Page 209 17 - TO WEST VIRGINIA......Page 224 18 - HUNTER......Page 230 19 - PIERCE ON HUNTER......Page 245 20 - WILLIAM GAYLEY SIMPSON......Page 251 21 - WORLD WAR II......Page 265 22 - PIERCE AND JEWS......Page 289 23 - RACISM AND HATE......Page 322 24 - SCHOOLING......Page 331 25 - MEN AND WOMEN......Page 344 26 - THE NEW WORLD ORDER......Page 360 27 - PIERCE’S VISION......Page 375 28 - THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE......Page 389 29 - LAST CONTACT......Page 404 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 407 NOTES......Page 408 CONTENTS 5 PREFACE 6 1 - INTRODUCTION 8 2 - FIRST CONTACT 24 3 - EARLY LIFE 33 4 - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, ET AL. 50 5 - ADOLF HITLER 68 6 - THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY 87 7 - GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL 91 8 - THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE 119 9 - REVILO P. OLIVER 135 10 - THE TURNER DIARIES 150 11 - PIERCE ON THE TURNER DIARIES 162 12 - TIMOTHY MCVEIGH 168 13 - OUR CAUSE 174 14 - COSMOTHEISM 185 15 - ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN 205 16 - BOB MATHEWS 209 17 - TO WEST VIRGINIA 224 18 - HUNTER 230 19 - PIERCE ON HUNTER 245 20 - WILLIAM GAYLEY SIMPSON 251 21 - WORLD WAR II 265 22 - PIERCE AND JEWS 289 23 - RACISM AND HATE 322 24 - SCHOOLING 331 25 - MEN AND WOMEN 344 26 - THE NEW WORLD ORDER 360 27 - PIERCE’S VISION 375 28 - THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 389 29 - LAST CONTACT 404 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 407 NOTES 408 MWTMR2