A fool's errand: By One of the fools. --by Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905

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A fool's errand: By One of the fools. 1879 --by Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_W._Tourg%C3%A9e

https://archive.org/details/foolserrandbyon00tour

A tale of life at the South since the late war, full of the racy humor of the country-people, the rich and laughter-provoking characteristics of negro fun, and the pathos of negro prayer-meetings, the dashing excitement of the hunt, the oddities of up-country mass-meetings, the social lines of caste, the hot passions of politics, the dark and bloody doings of an enraged people, and their startling logic of self-justification. ... It is full of sunshine as well as shadow; and interwoven in the narrative is the old yet ever new romance of youth and love.

A discussion of the book by Noetic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2haAmQJNpI