| Strange True Stories of Louisiana Contributor(s): Cable, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565540387 ISBN-13: 9781565540385 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: A compilation of seven unusual and often factual accounts of Louisiana life and history, including tales of two French sisters who made the dangerous trek to unsettled North Louisiana at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Focusing on New Orleans, Cable adds the story of "The 'Haunted House' in Royal Street", which continues to inspire ghost hunters to this day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 93041973 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 4.37" W x 7.06" (0.61 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Revealing historical tales of the Southern mystique., "From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader's interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. . . . In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them--strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana." --George W. Cable Featuring seven factual accounts of life and history in the area, this compilation includes tales of French nuns, haunted houses, and even a Union woman trapped behind Civil War battle lines. Cable brings together all the unusual and unique aspects of New Orleans and the South in this literary collection. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cable, George: - One of the greatest and most celebrated Southern writers of his day, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) helped lead the local-color movement of the late 1800s with his pioneering use of dialect and his skill in the short-story form. After serving in the Confederate army, he began to write for the New Orleans Picayune. Cable has been called the most important Southern artist working in the late-nineteenth century, as well as the first modern Southern writer. A complete listing of his books published by Pelican is available by request. |