Strange True Stories of Louisiana

At the turn of the century, the view people outside of New Orleans got of the city was 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 and assisted these authors in finding places to publish their works. There were some, however, which Cable would not send out of state. These stories he kept for himself, some of which can be found in his work Strange True Stories of Louisiana . [read more]