Cable, George Washington 1844-1925

Old Creole days by George Washington Cable ( Book )
180 editions published between 81 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

The Grandissimes; a story of Creole life by George Washington Cable ( Book )
147 editions published between 1880 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this novel, the author provides a realistic portrait of race and class relations in New Orleans immediately following the Louisiana Purchase (1803). It chronicles the adventures and romances of various members of the Grandissime family, black, white, mixed race, rich and poor alike. The story begins when Honore Grandissime, the scion of the white branch of this powerful New Orleans clan, takes in Joseph Frowenfeld, a young man from Philadelphia whose entire family has died from yellow fever. Honore's conversations with Joseph about the New Orleans caste system shed light on the dilemmas at the center of the novel. Honore finds himself caught between an idealistic Joseph, who advocates sweeping social reforms that would end slavery but essentially erase Creole culture, and his prideful uncle Agricola Fusilier, who ostensibly holds onto a racist past in order to preserve the Grandissime way of life, one built on the foundations of slavery. Honore wants to establish a business partnership with his quadroon half brother (also called Honore) and do right by Aurora Nancanou, who was widowed and rendered destitute when Agricola murdered her husband over a gambling dispute. Yet his decisions regarding this tarnished family history are further complicated by his secret love for Aurora. The story of Bras Coupe, retold several times, connects the novel's divergent strands and is suggestive of Honore's struggle against his past and a vibrant New Orleans society that remains tainted by slavery's atrocities. Bras Coupe, an enslaved African prince on a Spanish Creole plantation, is engaged to Palmyre, Aurora's maid. Inspired by the indignity of his plight, Bras Coupe attacks his white overseer, and is soon viciously pursued by a mob of Creole aristocrats, among them Agricola, through the New Orleans swamps. Honore tries to prevent the African prince's punishment but to no avail. Upon his capture, Bras Coupe issues a curse on both his master and his plantation. He is summarily beaten to death, though only after his ears are cut off and his hamstrings slashed. Bras Coupe, literally meaning "arm cut off" in French, personifies the cruelty of slavery and the degeneracy that lies at the heart of a so called genteel southern society. The author's devotion to Creole society, rendered in romantic terms throughout the novel, is counterbalanced by the haunting presence of Bras Coupe's fate, which illustrates that a world of such charm and privilege comes at great human cost

The New Orleans of George Washington Cable the 1887 Census Office report by George Washington Cable ( )
6 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A pioneering local-color writer about Creole New Orleans and a public advocate for black equality in his native South during and after Reconstruction, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) depicted in his writing the clash between American newcomers and a quaint but proud French-speaking population in post-Louisiana Purchase New Orleans. His work, including the short-story collection Old Creole Days (1879) and his most famous novel, The Grandissimes (1880), received widespread critical acclaim and was serialized in the country's best highbrow magazines. In 1880, Cable was commissioned to write a

The Negro question; a selection of writings on civil rights in the South by George Washington Cable ( Book )
22 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable ( Book )
82 editions published between 1883 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bonaventure : a prose pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable ( Book )
65 editions published between 1880 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,076 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The cavalier by George Washington Cable ( Book )
50 editions published between 1901 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This swashbuckling romance follows the fortunes of Miss Charlotte Durand, a Confederate patriot. She falls in love with and marries Captain Oliver only to learn, much to her surprise, that Captain Oliver is not the Confederate officer she believed him to be, but, rather, a Yankee spy. The Cavalier was later adapted for the stage

John March, Southerner by George Washington Cable ( Book )
53 editions published between 1894 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 899 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A romantic novel criticizing the numerous ills of the Reconstruction-era South, including political corruption, vigilante violence, race riots, and misconceptions of southern honor. Set in the village of Suez in the fictional state of Dixie, the novel revolves around the coming of age of its hero, John March. As a young southerner, March struggles to develop his own value system when confronted with the questionable ethics of his father's slaveholding generation, as well as the corruption of both blacks and whites in the New South. When John March, Sr. dies, John Jr. becomes involved in a scheme to industrialize Widewood, his family plot. His earnest desire to grow into a gentleman, coupled with his bumbling naiveté, saves John from corruption, and he remains an endearing character surrounded by individuals intent on swindling away his land

The Creoles of Louisiana by George Washington Cable ( Book )
53 editions published between 1884 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madame Delphine by George Washington Cable ( Book )
35 editions published between 1881 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 809 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in French Quarter of New Orleans during the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the story is about an old quadroon woman whose life and home have spiraled downward from their prior state of grandeur