| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 404 pages) |
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The John Harvard library |
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John Harvard library.
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| Contents |
A FOOL'S ERRAND -- LETTER TO THE PUBLISHERS -- I: THE GENESIS OF FOLLY -- II: LE PREMIER ACCÈS -- III: SORROW COMETH WITH KNOWLEDGE -- IV: FROM BAD TO WORSE -- V: THE ORACLE IS CONSULTED -- VI: ALL LOST BUT HONOR -- VII: AN OLD "UNIONER" -- VIII: "THEIR EXITS AND THEIR ENTRANCES" -- IX: THE NEW KINGDOM -- X: POOR TRAY -- XI: A CAT IN A STRANGE GARRET -- XII: COMPELLED TO VOLUNTEER -- XIII: A TWO-HANDED GAME -- XIV: MURDER MOST FOUL -- XV: "WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?" -- XVI: THE EDGE OF HOSPITALITY DULLED -- XVII: THE SECOND MILE POST -- XVIII: CONGRATULATION AND CONDOLENCE -- XIX: CITIZENS IN EMBRYO -- XX: OUT OF DUE SEASON -- XXI: HOW THE WISE MEN BUILDED -- XXII: COCK-CROW -- XXIII: THE DIE IS CAST -- XXIV: "WISDOM CRIETH IN THE STREETS" -- XXV: A GRUMBLER'S FORECAST -- XXVI: BALAK AND BALAAM -- XXVII: A NEW INSTITUTION -- XXVIII: A BUNDLE OF DRY STICKS -- XXIX: FOOTING UP THE LEDGER -- XXX: A THRICE-TOLD TALE -- XXXI: THE FOLLY OF WISDOM -- XXXII: "OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART" -- XXXIII: "LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG" -- XXXIV: THE HARVEST OF WISDOM -- XXXV: AN AWAKENING -- XXXVI: A RACE AGAINST TIME -- XXXVII: THE "REB" VIEW OF IT -- XXXVIII: "AND ALL THE WORLD WAS IN A SEA" -- XXXIX: "LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS" -- XL: PRO BONO PUBLICO -- XLI: "PEACE IN WARSAW" -- XLII: A FRIENDLY MEDIATION -- XLIII: UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER -- XLIV: PRIDE OVERMATCHING PRIDE -- XLV: WISDOM AND FOLLY MEET TOGETHER -- XLVI: HOME AT LAST -- XLVII: MONUMENTUM |
| Summary |
What was a carpetbagger? Albion W. Tourgée was called one, and he wrote, âeoeTo the southern mind it meant a scion of the North, a son of an âẽabolitionist, âe(tm) a creature of the conqueror, a witness to their defeat, a mark of their degradation: to them he was hateful, because he recalled all of evil or of shame they had ever known ... To the Northern mind, however, the word had no vicarious significance. To their apprehension, the hatred was purely personal, and without regard to race or nativity. They thought (foolish creatures!) that it was meant to apply solely to those, who, without any visible means of support, lingering in the wake of a victorious army, preyed upon the conquered people.âeTourgéeâe(tm)s novel, originally published in 1879 anonymously as A Foolâe(tm)s Errand, By One of the Fools, is not strictly autobiographical, though it draws on Tourgéeâe(tm)s own experiences in the South. In the story Comfort Servosse, a Northerner of French ancestry, moves to a Southern state for his health and in the hope of making his fortune. These were also Tourgéeâe(tm)s motives for moving South. Servosse is caught up in a variety of experiences that make apparent the deep misunderstanding between North and South, and expresses opinions on the Southâe(tm)s intolerance, the treatment of the Negro, Reconstruction, and other issues that probably are the opinions of Tourgée himself. âeoeReconstruction was a failure, âe he said, âeoeso far as it attempted to unify the nation, to make one people in fact of what had been one only in name before the convulsion of Civil War. It was a failure, too, so far as it attempted to fix and secure the position and rights of the colored race.âeThough the discussion of sectional and racial problems is an important element in the book, A Foolâe(tm)s Errand has merit as a dramatic narrativeâe"with its love affair, and its moments of pathos, suffering, and tragedy. This combination of tract and melodrama made it a bestseller in its day. Total sales have been estimated as 200,000, a remarkable record in the l880âe(tm)s for a book of this kind. Though Tourgée later disavowed his early optimism about the role national education could play in remedying the race problem in the South, calling this a âeoegenuine fools notion, âe he might have been less pessimistic had he been alive in 1960, when the student sit-in movement began in the South. At any rate, today in what has been called the second phase of the modern revolution in race relations in this country, Tourgéeâe(tm)s novel about the first phase has an added relevance and interest for thinking American readers. Albion W. Tourgée was born in Williamsfield, Ohio, in 1838, attended the University of Rochester, and saw intermittent action (1861-1863) in the Union Army during the Civil Way. After his discharge he studied law and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1864, and when the war ended, he settled in Greens- here, North Carolina, where he soon rose to prominence, as judge and as outspoken opponent of the anti-Reconstructionists. He left the state in 1879. Among his published works are âe(tm)Toinette (1874), Figs and Thistles (1879), Bricks Without Straw (1880), John Eax (1882), and Hot Plowshares (1883). He died in 1903 while serving as American consul in Bordeaux |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
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| SUBJECT |
Ku Klux Klan (19th century) fast |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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United States
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Fiction
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
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| LC no. |
61013744 |
| ISBN |
0674307518 |
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9780674307513 |
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