Lily's Ride: Rescuing her Father from the Ku Klux Klan - Softcover

Perry, Michael W; Tourgée, Albion W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587420821 ISBN 13: 9781587420825

Publisher: Inkling Books, 2014

Synopsis

It’s sunset in rural North Carolina just after the Civil War. Lily’s parents are away when an anonymous note warns that the Klan intends to kill her father that very night. To rescue him, Lily must ride her father’s thoroughbred stallion on the same roads over which a hundred Klansmen from three counties are traveling. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that: "The night ride of young Lily Servosse is one of the finest and most thrilling incidents that has ever been told in history or romance."

About this title

About the Author

Albion Tourgée was a Union officer who moved to North Carolina after the Civil War to fight for equal rights and was a key participant in our nation's first civil rights movement. As a lawyer, he argued against segregation in the infamous 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson. This book is adapted from his bestselling novel, A Fool's Errand (1879). This new edition includes the key characters in the original and focuses on Lily's brave ride. The cultural and historical background is explained by Michael W. Perry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inkling Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587420821
• ISBN 13: 9781587420825
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206