- Date:
- 1880
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES19317
- Photographer:
- Mathew Brady
Albion Winegar Tourjee (1838-1905)
Albion Winegar Tourjee was a lawyer, civil rights advocate, and author. His very popular novel, "A Fool's Errand" (1879), was based on his experiences as a carpetbagger judge in the South during Reconstruction. Tourjee was an active opponent of the Ku Klux Klan.