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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Saturday April 1852. There was a fervor in the sky as of an August noon although the clocks of the city would presently strike five. ... Read more

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Saturday April 1852. There was a fervor in the sky as of an August noon although the clocks of the city would presently strike five. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Gardens; Landscape gardening; Gardening; Architecture / Landscape; Gardening / General; Gardening / Garden Design; Gardening / Landscape; Gardening / Regional / General; Gardening / Techniques; ... Read more

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Lucid, insightful explication
Cleman is one of the foremost authorities on Cable (Cable himself being a much-underappreciated U.S. author) and draws the reader to new insights and appreciations without recourse to flash or intellectual postering. Cleman (as educator and critic)and Cable should both be considerednational treasures. ... Read more

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George Washington Cable (1844-1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner. Cable was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. In 1865, he went into journalism, writing for the New Orleans Picayune. By 1879, he was a well established writer. His sympathy for civil rights and opposition towards the harsh racism of the era showed in his writings, earning him resentment by many white Southerners. In 1884, Cable moved to Massachusetts. He became friends with Mark Twain, and the two writers did speaking tours together. Among Cable's most important works are: The Amateur Garden (1914), Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi (1914), Madame Delphine (1881) and Bonaventure: A Tale of Louisiana (1888). ... Read more

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This volume was published in 1884.

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A city in the United States is, without pretension
or intention, picturesque and antique. A quaint
Southern-European aspect is encountered in the narrow
streets of its early boundaries, on its old Place d'Armes,
along its balconied fa9ades, and about its cool, flowery
inner courts.

Among the great confederation of States whose Anglo-
Saxon life and inspiration swallows up all alien immigra-
tions, there is one in which a Latin civilization, sinewy,
valiant, cultured, rich, and proud, holds out against extinc-
tion. There is a people in the midst of the population of
Louisiana, who send representatives and senators to the
Federal Congress, and who vote for the nation's rulers.
They celebrate the Fourth of July; and ten days later,
with far greater enthusiasm, they commemorate that great
Fourteenth that saw the fall of the Bastile. Other citi-
zens of the United States, but not themselves, they call
Americans.

Who are they ? Where do they live ?
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Enjoyable
I enjoyed this book. It was enjoyable history. It came on time, in good condition, thank you.

TheOtherAmerican Revolution
All our textbooks in school cover the American Revolution from England emphasizing the 13 colonies.This book deals in fascinating detail with the revolution that took place in New Orleans area with the French and Spanish, during the late 1700's.The book was written before 1900, but don't let that scare you.The author writes well and knows his history!

Creoles of Louisiana
This was bought for a family member whose family had ties in Louisiana.She loved it.She already has several of Cable's books and was happy to get this one.

CREOLES
This is a fantastic book on Creoles, it is well researched and very enlightening.The word Creole means the original European natives of New Orleans, NOT light skinned African Americans, now I'm sure many light skinned blacks from New Orleans has Creole ancestry.The word has been eroneously used, when I tell people that my grandmother was of Creole and Austrian ancestry, they are like, wow, I did not know you were black..im like, uh, im not black, it's so annoying, and the media perpetuates the idea, that the word means any light skinned black person from Louisiana.Everyone in Louisiana should have to read this book in history class, then they could get educated on the word, and spread the information the the obtuse media.Highly recommended. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of George Washington Cable, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 2971 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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The southern struggle for pure government. An address. By George W. Cable. Delivered before the Massachusetts Club, Boston, on Washington's birthday, 1890. is a historical publication which is considered to be one of the top primary source publications on the subjects of African American's and slavery. Qontro Historical Reprints is republishing high quality copies of the original publications to allow those conducting research, collectors of this type of historical documents to obtain complete copies of the original documents as they were published. Our reprints are of the highest quality and we take pride in publishing high quality editions of all publications that we produce. ... Read more

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Strange True Stories of Louisiana. please visit www.valdebooks.com for a full list of titles ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more