Strange True Stories of Louisiana
()
About this ebook
Yet I have learned to believe that good stories happen oftener than once I thought they did. Within the last few years there have dropped into my hands by one accident or another a number of these natural crystals, whose charms, never the same in any two, are in each and all enough at least to warn off all tampering of the fictionist. Happily, moreover, without being necessary one to another, they yet have a coherent sequence, and follow one another like the days of a week. They are mine only by right of discovery. 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. Here are no unconfessed "restorations," not one. 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 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.
Read more from George Washington Cable
Old Creole Days: A Play in Three Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Old Creole Days: A Story of Creole Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Amateur Garden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorth vs. South: 40+ Civil War Novels, Stories & History Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tales of Civil War: 40 Books Collection: Novels & Stories of Civil War, Including the Rhodes History of the War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrange True Stories of Louisiana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOld Creole Days (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Story of Creole Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civil War - Boxed Set: 40+ Historical Novels & Tales of the American War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cavalier (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKincaid's Battery (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorth & South (Civil War Boxed Set): 40+ Novels, Stories & History Books in One Volume Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cavalier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrong Hearts (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMadame Delphine, Carancro, and Grande Pointe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Flower of the Chapdelaines (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Grandissimes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKincaid's Battery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrong Hearts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Washington Cable – The Complete Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKincaid's Battery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Warfare of Divided Allegiances: Civil War Collection: 40+ Novels & Stories of Civil War, Including the Rhodes History of the War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDr. Sevier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cavalier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrange True Stories of Louisiana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Civil War Collection: 40+ Novels & Tales of Civil War, Including the Rhodes History of the War 1861-1865 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Related ebooks
Strange True Stories of Louisiana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoston: A Documentary Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnickerbocker's History of New York Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Old Man in the Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Woman in White Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man in the Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Old Man in the Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Documents on Slavery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man in the Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCollections and Recollections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lane That Had No Turning, Complete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMargery (Gred) A Tale Of Old Nuremberg Complete Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJezebel's Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTroy Chimneys Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Eliot's Life - Letters and Journals II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twenty Years of My Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Divine Folly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Riddle of the Sands Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Monikins (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) as related in her Letters and Journals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWarner Arundell: The Adventures of a Creole Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOther People's Letters: In Search of Proust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man In The Corner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bowmen - And Other Short Stories by Arthur Machen (Fantasy and Horror Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Classics For You
The Master & Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wuthering Heights (with an Introduction by Mary Augusta Ward) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Women (Seasons Edition -- Winter) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Confederacy of Dunces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn French! Apprends l'Anglais! THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY: In French and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jungle: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5East of Eden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sense and Sensibility (Centaur Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As I Lay Dying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Things They Carried Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Count of Monte-Cristo English and French Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Letter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tinkers: 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Strange True Stories of Louisiana
0 ratings0 reviews