Albion W. Tourgée

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The year is 1865 and the war between the states of North and South has ended. Comfort Servosse, a Union officer, has decided to make his life in the South. But is he only a fool for doing so? Drawing upon his own experiences Albion Tourgee constructed a novel which vividly brings to life the world of the South during the Reconstruction. -- Amazon.com.

A Fool's Errand

en tosses ærinde ; skisser af livet blandt de gamle slaveeiere i de amerikanske sydstater under rekonstruktions perioden 1866-1877

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