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A fool's errand, by one of the fools; the famous romance of American history. / By Albion W. Tourgée.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PS3087 .F6 1880
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tourgée, Albion W., 1838-1905.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction--Fiction.
- Reconstruction.
- Ku-Klux Klan.
- Genre:
- Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Fauset, Arthur Huff, Estate of (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, vii-x, 521 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- 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.
- Other Title:
- Invisible empire.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert; Boston : W. H. Thompson & Co. [etc., etc.], [1880]
- Notes:
- Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility on title page.
- Publisher's advertisements: p. 1-4 at beginning; p. [2]-[3] at end.
- Also published as The invisible empire: Part I. A new, illustrated, and enlarged edition of A fool's errand...Part II. A concise review of recent events...New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert...[cop.1880]. 521 p., ill. Cf. Wright.
- Cited in:
- Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1876-1900, 5521
- OCLC:
- 123120178
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