Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Strange True Stories Of Louisiana by George Washington Cable George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century, as well as the first modern southern writer." In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been though...
Chapters (133)
- STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA
- AUTHOR OF "THE GRANDISSIMES," "BONAVENTURE," ETC.
- ILLUSTRATED
- 1890
- STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA.
- HOW I GOT THEM.
- 1882-89.
- THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR.
- 1782.
- THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE.
- 1795.
- I.
- THE TWO SISTERS.
- II.
- MAKING UP THE EXPEDITION.
- III.
- THE EMBARKATION
- IV.
- ALIX CARPENTIER
- V.
- DOWN BAYOU PLAQUEMINE—THE FIGHT WITH WILD NATURE
- VI.
- THE TWICE-MARRIED COUNTESS.
- VII.
- ODD PARTNERS IN THE BOLERO DANCE.
- VIII.
- A BAD STORM IN A BAD PLACE.
- IX.
- MAGGIE AND THE ROBBERS
- X.
- ALIX PUTS AWAY THE PAST.
- XI.
- ALIX PLAYS FAIRY.—PARTING TEARS.
- XII.
- LITTLE PARIS.
- XIII.
- THE COUNTESS MADELAINE.
- XIV.
- "POOR LITTLE ALIX!"
- XV.
- THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAT
- XVI.
- THE BALL.
- XVII.
- PICNIC AND FAREWELL.
- ALIX DE MORAINVILLE
- 1773-95.
- SALOME MÜLLER,
- THE WHITE SLAVE. 1818-45.
- I.
- SALOME AND HER KINDRED.
- II.
- SIX MONTHS AT ANCHOR.
- III.
- FAMINE AT SEA.
- IV.
- SOLD INTO BONDAGE.
- V.
- THE LOST ORPHANS.
- VI.
- CHRISTIAN ROSELIUS.
- VII.
- MILLER versus BELMONTI.
- VIII.
- THE TRIAL.
- IX.
- THE EVIDENCE
- X.
- THE CROWNING PROOF.
- XI.
- JUDGMENT.
- XII.
- BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
- THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET.
- 1831-82.
- I.
- AS IT STANDS NOW.
- II.
- MADAME LALAURIE.
- III.
- A TERRIBLE REVELATION.
- IV.
- The Lady's Flight.
- V.
- A NEW USE.
- VI.
- EVICTIONS.
- ATTALIE BROUILLARD.
- 1855.
- I.
- FURNISHED ROOMS.
- II.
- JOHN BULL.
- III.
- DUCOUR'S MEDITATIONS.
- IV.
- PROXY.
- V.
- THE NUNCUPATIVE WILL.
- VI.
- MEN CAN BE BETTER THAN THEIR LAWS.
- WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH.
- 1860-63.
- I.
- SECESSION.
- II.
- THE VOLUNTEERS.—FORT SUMTER.
- III.
- TRIBULATION.
- IV.
- A BELEAGUERED CITY.
- V.
- MARRIED.
- VI.
- HOW IT WAS IN ARKANSAS.
- VII.
- THE FIGHT FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING.
- VIII.
- DROWNED OUT AND STARVED OUT.
- IX.
- HOMELESS AND SHELTERLESS.
- X.
- FRIGHTS AND PERILS IN STEELE'S BAYOU.
- XI.
- WILD TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI.
- XII.
- VICKSBURG.
- XIII.
- PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE.
- XIV.
- THE SIEGE ITSELF.
- XV.
- GIBRALTAR FALLS.
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