Books with title STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA

Revealing historical tales of the Southern mystique., “From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader’s interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. . . . In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them―strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana.” ―George W. Cable Featuring seven factual accounts of life and history in the area, this compilation includes tales of French nuns, haunted houses, and even a Union woman trapped behind Civil War battle lines. Cable brings together all the unusual and unique aspects of New Orleans and the South in this literary collection.

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE. I.The Two Sisters34II.Making Up The Expedition37III.The Embarkation43IV.Alix Carpentier51V.Down Bayou Plaquemine.—the Fight With Wild Nature55VI.The Twice-married Countess61VII.Odd Partners In The Bolero Dance65VIII.A Bad Storm In A Bad Place69IX.Maggie And The Robbers73X.Alix Puts Away The Past80XI.Alix Plays Fairy.—parting Tears.84XII.Little Paris90XIII.The Countess Madelaine94XIV."Poor Little Alix!"99XV.The Discovery Of The Hat104XVI.The Ball108XVII.Picnic And Farewell116ALIX DE MORAINVILLE121SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE.I.Salome and her Kindred145II.Six Months at Anchor148III.Famine at Sea150IV.Sold into Bondage155V.The Lost Orphans159VI.Christian Roselius162VII.Miller Versus Belmonti163VIII.The Trial169IX.The Evidence173X.The Crowning Proof178XI.Judgment180XII.Before the Supreme Court185THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET. I.As It Stands Now192II.Madame Lalaurie200III.A Terrible Revelation204IV.The Lady's Flight212V.A New Use219VI.Evictions223ATTALIE BROUILLARD. I.Furnished Rooms233II.John Bull236III.Ducour's Meditations239IV.Proxy243V.The Nuncupative Will248VI.Men can be Better than their Laws257WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH261I.Secession262II.The Volunteers.—Fort Sumter266III.Tribulation269IV.A Beleaguered City274V.Married279VI.How it was in Arkansas281VII.The Fight for Food and Clothing285VIII.Drowned out and starved out289IX.Homeless and Shelterless296X.Frights and Perils in Steele's Bayou302XI.Wild Times in Mississippi308XII.Vicksburg320XIII.Preparations for the Siege326XIV.The Siege itself334XV.Gibraltar falls343LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.From photographs of the originals, in possession of Mr. George W. Cable."Tonton"FrontispieceSome of the Manuscripts1Part of François's First Page34Part of First Page, "Alix Manuscript"121The Court Papers168The Entrance of the "Haunted House"194Printed on Wall Paper in the Siege of Vicksburg339Fac-simile of a Letter from Adj.-Gen. Thomas L. Snead349

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Strange True Stories of Louisiana is a popular George Washington Cable. It is an eye-opener, exposing of some of the the truth behind what it was like for Louisiana's early settlers? CONTENTS HOW I GOT THEM THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE ALIX DE MORAINVILLE SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH

True stories are not often good art. The relations and experiences of real men and women rarely fall in such symmetrical order as to make an artistic whole. Until they have had such treatment as we give stone in the quarry or gems in the rough they seldom group themselves with that harmony of values and brilliant unity of interest that result when art comes in—not so much to transcend nature as to make nature transcend herself. Yet I have learned to believe that good stories happen oftener than once I thought they did. Within the last few years there have dropped into my hands by one accident or another a number of these natural crystals, whose charms, never the same in any two, are in each and all enough at least to warn off all tampering of the fictionist. Happily, moreover, without being necessary one to another, they yet have a coherent sequence, and follow one another like the days of a week. They are mine only by right of discovery. From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader's interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. Here are no unconfessed "restorations," not one. In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them—strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.