Author: George Cable
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Keywords: pouch, series, pelican, days, creole, old
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1991-01-31
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0882897802
ISBN-13: 9780882897806

One of the greatest and most celebrated Southern writers of his day, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) helped to lead the local colorist movement of the late 1800s with his pioneering use of dialect and his skill with the short story form. A Southern reformist, Cable wrote faithful portrayals of Creoles and their culture that depict the Creole way of life during the transitory post-Civil War period. Originally published in 1879, "Old Creole Days" catapulted Cable to national recognition. The stories within reflect the everyday life of the New Orleans Creoles through a mixture of humor and

Author: George Cable
Publisher: Firebird Press
Keywords: delphine, madame
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2001-10-31
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1565549759
ISBN-13: 9781565549753

Set in the mysterious French Quarter of New Orleans during the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Madame Delphine is filled with Creole allure. It tells the story of an old quadroon woman, whose life and home have spiraled downward from their prior state of grandeur. Colorful characters are introduced throughout the tale. They include Pere Jerome, a rosy and rotund priest; Miche Vignevielle, a kind private banker; and of course, Madame Delphine, the ins and outs of whose life are revealed as the tale progresses. Many issues are eventually brought into question, including the true line

Author: George Cable
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Keywords: louisiana, creoles
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2000-07-30
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1565547527
ISBN-13: 9781565547520

Louisiana is known for its rich, complex cultural heritage, but even in Louisiana, the question "What is a Creole?" is often answered in a number of ways. In "Creoles of Louisiana," George Washington Cable knowledgeably addresses this question with precision and aplomb. Originally published in 1884, "Creoles of Louisiana" builds on earlier explorations of the lives of the white descendants of early French and Spanish immigrants during the transitory post-Civil War period. Cable wrote faithful portrayals of the Creoles, with a pioneering ear for the dialect that earned him an acclaimed place

Author: George Cable
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Keywords: series, pouch, pelican, grandissimes
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2001-04-30
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1565549015
ISBN-13: 9781565549012

When "The Grandissimes" was first published in 1880, the book was criticized for its portrayal of forbidden love and the clash of cultures during the Reconstruction. Since then, the novel has been considered a masterful critique of racial and social inequality that resonates with readers even today. Cable’s work has been compared to that of writers as varied as Balzac, John Kennedy Toole, and Henry James. Kenneth Holditch is a Research Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans, where he has taught for thirty-two years. He is the founding editor of The Tennessee Williams Journal

Author: George Cable
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Keywords: louisiana, stories, true, strange
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1994-05-30
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1565540387
ISBN-13: 9781565540385

At the turn of the century, people outside of New Orleans viewed the city through the eyes of journalist and author George W. Cable. His writings portrayed a tropical European city nestled on the banks of an American river still teeming with the literary, artistic, and social developments of a late Renaissance. In his own romance with Louisiana, Cable came upon many stories written by its denizens. While Cable assisted some authors in finding places to publish their works, there were many stories he kept for himself. Much of this collection can now be found in "Strange True Stories of Louisian

Author: George W. Cable
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: battery, kincaid
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2005-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1417903546
ISBN-13: 9781417903542

1908. The book begins: For the scene of this narrative please take into mind a wide quarter-circle of country, such as any of the pretty women we are to know in it might have covered on the map with her half-opened fan. Let its northernmost corner be Vicksburg, the famous, on the Mississippi. Let the easternmost be Mobile, and let the most southerly and by far the most important, that pivotal corner of the fan from which all its folds radiate and where the whole pictured thing opens and shuts, be New Orleans. Then let the grave moment that gently ushers us in be a long-ago afternoon in the Lou

Author: George W Cable
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: life, creole, story, grandissimes
Number of Pages: 460
Published: 2009-09-21
List price: $36.75
ISBN-10: 1113742747
ISBN-13: 9781113742742

At the centre of this novel is a story of two lovers from feuding Creole families in early 19th century New Orleans. The romance of "the grandissimes" the masked ball at the beginning of the story, the conversations in patois, the scenes between reluctant but eventually blessed lovers, the colours of the Creole spring and the French quarter helped make George Washington Cable famous in America during the 1880s. But in contrast to the idealized romance is Cable’s accurate, unflattering portrait of Creole gentility and his arguments for racial equality.