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Albion W. Tourgee

About the Author

Albion Winegar Tourgée (1838-1905) was an American jurist, soldier, diplomat, writer, and civil rights activist. A Union veteran of the Civil War, Tourgée was a staunch opponent of slavery. After the war, as a judge in North Carolina, he faced down the Ku Klux Klan. His most famous novel, A Fool’s Errand (1879) was based on his Reconstruction experiences.

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