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A Fool's Errand
Albion Winegar Tourgee
其他書名
By 'one of the Fools'
出版Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US, 2018-11-24
主題Fiction / Historical / General
ISBN17902884529781790288458
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2-rIvgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.