{"product_id":"bricks-without-straw-a-novel-1880-ku-klux-klan-southern-reconstruction","title":"Bricks Without Straw, A Novel, 1880 Ku Klux Klan, Southern Reconstruction","description":"\u003cp\u003eTourgée, Albion W. \u003cstrong\u003eBricks Without Straw, A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e. New York: Fords, Howard, \u0026amp; Hulbert, 1880. First Edition. [12025]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown cloth decorated in gilt \u0026amp; black, binding near fine with slight edge-wear, 7 x 5 1\/4 inches, tight. Frontispiece illustration, 521 clean pp., publisher's catalogue. Small bookseller's ticket on front paste-down, \"Brentano's Literary Emporium, 39 Union Square, N. Y.\" Very good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel based upon the author's experiences with Reconstruction in North Carolina following the American Civil War. It is a sequel to \u003cem\u003eA Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools\u003c\/em\u003e (1879).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMakes use of Negro dialect, the first sentence being: \"Wal, I 'clar, now, jes de quarest ting ob 'bout all dis matter o' freedom is de way dat is sloshes roun' de names 'mong us cullud folks.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbion Winegar Tourgée (1838-1905), b. Williamsfield, Ohio; d. Bordeaux, France. Tourgée is credited for the first legal use of the term \"color-blind\" while serving as a Superior Court judge in North Carolina. As a Union soldier \u0026amp; officer soldier he was wounded several times, and for a period held as a prisoner-of-war in Libby prison. He and his family moved to Greensboro, NC, immediately after the war, seeking a better climate in which to recover from his wounds. There he established himself as a lawyer, farmer, and editor, and was an avid proponent of the equal rights of all citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis appointment as a Superior Court Judge led to conflict with the Klu Klux Klan, which made threats against his life. He was famous for his views on \"the race question,\" and wrote a syndicated newspaper column in which he denounced lynching, segregation, white supremacy, racism, \u0026amp;c.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1896 Tourgée argued in the US Supreme Court in defense of Plessy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, a case that Plessy lost, leaving in place segregation law in Louisiana, which became the legal basis of Jim Crow laws in the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresident McKinley appointed Tourgée U.S. consul to France in 1897.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43781684133954,"sku":"ABE12025","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC06966BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1779572289","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/bricks-without-straw-a-novel-1880-ku-klux-klan-southern-reconstruction","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}