A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools; The Famous Romance of American History. New, Enlarged, and Illustrated Eidtion. the famous romance of American history. New, enlarged, and illustrated edition. To which is added, by the same author. Part II. The Invisible Empire: 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

Tourgee, Albion W.

Edité par Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York, 1880

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Very good; wear to tips, edges and bumped corners; Clean and unmarked. 8vo, pp. 4 notices by the press, 521. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 15 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black; gilt lettering on spine. Scarce in this state. The second edition of A Fool's Errand, 1879 with an addition. Published in 1879,"Albion Tourgee's A Fool's Errand was an enormously popular book in its time. It was based largely on Tourgee's actual experiences in Greensboro, North Carolina during Reconstruction. A Fool's Errand is the fictional story of Comfort Servosse, a man of French Canadian descent. It follows him briefly as he joins the Civil War on the Union side, then returns home after the war and resolves to move his family to the South. He purchases a decayed plantation called Warrington in Rockford County; the state to which he moves is never identified. In his new home, Servosse almost immediately makes a name for himself as a radical Yankee--or carpetbagger--and arouses the hostility of the neighbors in the community. The rest of the story follows his increasing involvement on the behalf of former slaves in the community and his opposition to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.Numerous digressions and \"letters\" seem to be indictments against the federal government in Washington, blaming some of the violence and trouble in the South on Washington's unwillingness to step in where required. His other major additions have to do with the national decline of the KKK and the general failure of reconstruction governments to take hold and transform the South in terms of culture or law."-Christopher Hill, Documenting the American South. This "New, Enlarged and Illustrated edition expands on the theme and introduces a new Part II, The Invisible Empire about the rise of the Klan. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility.

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• Titre: A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools; The Famous Romance of American History. New, Enlarged, and Illustrated Eidtion. the famous romance of American history. New, enlarged, and illustrated edition. To which is added, by the same author. Part II. The Invisible Empire: 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
• Éditeur: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York
• Date de parution: 1880
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: New, Enlarged, and Illustrated
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: no jacket, as issued
• Poids: 2 livres