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George Washington Cable

Born

in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States

October 12, 1844

Died

January 31, 1925

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George Washington Cable was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana.

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George Washington Cable’s books

Average rating: 3.54 · 1,162 ratings · 143 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors

	Strange True Stories of Louisiana 3.51 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1889 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life 3.49 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1880 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Creole Days 3.50 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1879 — 260 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War 3.67 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1893 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madame Delphine 3.54 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1881 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean-Ah Poquelin 3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Creoles of Louisiana 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1884 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belles Demoiselles Plantation 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Sevier 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1882 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1888 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The necessities of national authority tipped the scale, and the powers of legislation and government and the spoils of office tumbled, all together, into the freedman's ragged lap. Thereupon there fell upon New Orleans, never well governed at the best, a volcanic shower of corruption and misrule.”
― George W. Cable, Strange True Stories of Louisiana

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“Thus we swallow politics with every meal. We take a mouthful and read a telegram, one eye on table, the other on the paper. One must be made of cool stuff to keep calm and collected, but I say but little.”
― George W. Cable, Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War

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“militia. As they passed a field of broom-corn several men suddenly disappeared, their swift course through the cane being easily followed by the swaying of the tassels. The militia were met by rumors that the village was in ashes. Morgan did not set fire to the village, but his men found time to explore the village store, and to search the Fisher house, in the second story of which they found a flag. Morgan's men were hardly out of sight on the Richmond road when Colonel Collier and the militia appeared. They formed line of battle on a”
― George W. Cable, Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War

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What shall we read in May, 2025? Books published in or before 1990.

God's Little Acre, by Erskine Caldwell

10 votes 25.0%

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain

9 votes 22.5%

Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley

7 votes 17.5%

The Education of Little Tree, by Forrest Carter

7 votes 17.5%

The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller

4 votes 10.0%

The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life, by George Washington Cable

3 votes 7.5%

40 total votes

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