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A Fool's Errand By One of the Fools: The Famous Romance of American History

A Fool's Errand By One of the Fools: The Famous Romance of American History

Tourgee, Albion W.

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Political BiographiesFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1162635762
ISBN13: 9781162635767
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 562
Weight: 1.64
Height: 1.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Fool's Errand By One of the Fools: The Famous Romance of American History is a novel written by Albion W. Tourgee. The book is a fictionalized account of the author's experiences during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The story follows the protagonist, a young lawyer named Arthur, as he moves from the North to the South to work as a teacher and help rebuild the region after the Civil War. Along the way, Arthur faces racism, violence, and political corruption, and he struggles to reconcile his idealism with the harsh realities of the world around him. The book is considered a landmark work of American literature for its frank portrayal of the Reconstruction era and its themes of race, politics, and social justice.1880. To which is added, by the same author, Part II. The Invisible Empire [Ku Klux Klan]: a concise review of the epoch on which the tale is based. With many thrilling personal narratives and startling facts of life at the South, never before narrated for the general reader. All fully authenticated. By Albion W. Tourgee, late judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina, author of the code with notes, Digest of cited cases, etc. A Fool's Errand was a popular novel based on Tourgee's experiences as a carpetbagger lawyer and political judge in the South during Reconstruction. This best seller was proclaimed as a significant and unusually original portrayal, criticism and analysis of postwar southern society.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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