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A fool's errand
Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905.
Year: c1961.
Publisher:  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 
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Frontmatter
"Albion Tourgée, Social Critic," by John Hope Franklin
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
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Title: A fool's errand : by Albion W. Tourgee ; edited by John Hope Franklin.
Author: Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905
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Source Version: A fool's errand : by Albion W. Tourgee ; edited by John Hope Franklin
Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1961.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07493
Subject Headings: • Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction
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