Books with title A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools

This novel was initially printed in 1880 anonymously as A Fool's Errand, by ‘One of the Fools.’ (Albion Winegar Tourgée, an Ohio native of French Huguenot descent.) A blend of political commentary intertwined around a plot including murder, mystery, and romance, the book relies upon the author’s experiences in the former Confederate state of North Carolina during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period for much of its substance. Particularly poignant is the author's revelation of the development and power of the Ku Klux Klan. Going south with high hopes of effecting political and social reform, the protagonist becomes disheartened with the slow-moving machinery of change in the South. A thought-provoking study into one of the most challenging periods of the Unites States' progressive quest for equality for all its citizens.

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This novel was initially printed in 1880 anonymously as A Fool's Errand, by ‘One of the Fools.’ (Albion Winegar Tourgée, an Ohio native of French Huguenot descent.) A blend of political commentary intertwined around a plot including murder, mystery, and romance, the book relies upon the author’s experiences in the former Confederate state of North Carolina during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period for much of its substance. Particularly poignant is the author's revelation of the development and power of the Ku Klux Klan. Going south with high hopes of effecting political and social reform, the protagonist becomes disheartened with the slow-moving machinery of change in the South. A thought-provoking study into one of the most challenging periods of the Unites States' progressive quest for equality for all its citizens.

Small hardcover, tan cloth, black decor and lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine, pale green patterned endpapers, 4 pages of critical reviews in front, 4-pg publisher catalog in rear. *** Copyright 1879. Preface dated September, 1879. Title page dated 1880. Published anonymously. This is an early printing, exact number of printing not indicated. *** A famous Reconstruction-era novel by the European American man who founded Bennett College to educate former slaves, and who later defended Homer Plessy in the famous racial segregation case Plessy v Ferguson. Warning: Includes Klan characters, uses the N word and other racial slurs.

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Excerpt from Fool's Errand: By One of the FoolsIn addition to this public commendation and endorsement, letters from all sections of the country and classes of people have poured in upori the author and publishers, verifying even more strikingly all that has thus been said. Statesmen ao~ knowledge its great value as a study of the times. Men of all shades of political faith admit its truthful spirit. The number, standing, and variety of view of those who have writ ten such letters is altogether remarkable. Extracts from some of them are printed elsewhere in this volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.