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    Strange True Stories of Louisiana
    Strange True Stories of Louisiana
    Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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    Strange True Stories of Louisiana

    By George Washington Cable

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1974
    Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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    George Washington Cable

    George Washington Cable (1844–1925) was an American writer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cable’s family was initially wealthy due to their position as slaveholders. Yet, after his father’s untimely death they lost most of their fortune. The young Cable enrolled in the military and fought as a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. It proved to be a lifechanging experience that would influence his future endeavors. In 1870, he became a journalist and spent years honing his skills before publishing his first novel, The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life. Cable’s work is best known for its exploration of Southern politics, culture and race relations.

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    • 3/5
      Strange True Stories was written in 1888 when history was largely still a branch of literature and the boundaries between fact and fiction were not as clearly defined as today. Cable's stories are true, but one sees the author taking some editorial liberty and blurring the lines. In that sense it is like Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Cable inserted dialogue and dramatized the stories to pull in the reader and emphasize his message. As a white southerner in the post-reconstruction, Jim Crow, "New South" Cable mocked slavery and the hypocrisy of white supremacists, poked fun at the New Orleans elites, and promoted black civil rights through these stories.
    • 5/5
      An amazing and enthralling read. Less florid (and much more 'readable') than most from that era. Recommend it highly to all. Brings history to life on a personal level. Reads like a historical novel but much more compelling as Cable sticks to the facts and cites his sources (though he does include one clearly identified case of local legend and folklore). The primary source 1780s diary and letters which he translated are priceless windows into the past (as is the civil war diary). A riveting eye-opener. I put this as one of my top ten amazing reads of the year."An old book was a time capsule... You only had to turn a page to travel back in time." - Steve Parrish

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