New Orleans of George Washington Cable: The 1887 Census Office Report

by Lawrence N. Powell

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807133191
• ISBN13: 9780807133194
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"