Strange True Stories of Louisiana

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Author

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Sjaani, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction

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eBook-No.

12577

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12577

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STRANGE TRUE STORIES — OF LOUISIANA
2. 2.BY GEORGE W. CABLE — AUTHOR OF "THE GRANDISSIMES," "BONAVENTURE," ETC. — ILLUSTRATED — 1890 — STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA.
3. 3.HOW I GOT THEM. — 1882-89.
4. 4.THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR. — 1782.
5. 5.THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE. — 1795.
6. 6.I. — THE TWO SISTERS.
7. 7.II. — MAKING UP THE EXPEDITION.
8. 8.III. — THE EMBARKATION
9. 9.IV. — ALIX CARPENTIER
10. 10.V. — DOWN BAYOU PLAQUEMINE—THE FIGHT WITH WILD NATURE
11. 11.VI. — THE TWICE-MARRIED COUNTESS.
12. 12.VII. — ODD PARTNERS IN THE BOLERO DANCE.
13. 13.VIII. — A BAD STORM IN A BAD PLACE.
14. 14.IX. — MAGGIE AND THE ROBBERS
15. 15.X. — ALIX PUTS AWAY THE PAST.
16. 16.XI. — ALIX PLAYS FAIRY.—PARTING TEARS.
17. 17.XII. — LITTLE PARIS.
18. 18.XIII. — THE COUNTESS MADELAINE.
19. 19.XIV. — "POOR LITTLE ALIX!"
20. 20.XV. — THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAT
21. 21.XVI. — THE BALL.
22. 22.XVII. — PICNIC AND FAREWELL.
23. 23.ALIX DE MORAINVILLE — 1773-95.
24. 24.I. — SALOME AND HER KINDRED.
25. 25.II. — SIX MONTHS AT ANCHOR.
26. 26.III. — FAMINE AT SEA.
27. 27.IV. — SOLD INTO BONDAGE.
28. 28.V. — THE LOST ORPHANS.
29. 29.VI. — CHRISTIAN ROSELIUS.
30. 30.VII. — MILLER versus BELMONTI.
31. 31.VIII. — THE TRIAL.
32. 32.IX. — THE EVIDENCE
33. 33.X. — THE CROWNING PROOF.
34. 34.XI. — JUDGMENT.
35. 35.XII. — BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
36. 36.I. — AS IT STANDS NOW.
37. 37.II. — MADAME LALAURIE.
38. 38.III. — A TERRIBLE REVELATION.
39. 39.IV. — The Lady's Flight.
40. 40.V. — A NEW USE.
41. 41.VI. — EVICTIONS.
42. 42.I. — FURNISHED ROOMS.
43. 43.II. — JOHN BULL.
44. 44.III. — DUCOUR'S MEDITATIONS.
45. 45.IV. — PROXY.
46. 46.V. — THE NUNCUPATIVE WILL.
47. 47.VI. — MEN CAN BE BETTER THAN THEIR LAWS.
48. 48.WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH. — 1860-63.
49. 49.I. — SECESSION.
50. 50.II. — THE VOLUNTEERS.—FORT SUMTER.
51. 51.III. — TRIBULATION.
52. 52.IV. — A BELEAGUERED CITY.
53. 53.V. — MARRIED.
54. 54.VI. — HOW IT WAS IN ARKANSAS.
55. 55.VII. — THE FIGHT FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING.
56. 56.VIII. — DROWNED OUT AND STARVED OUT.
57. 57.IX. — HOMELESS AND SHELTERLESS.
58. 58.X. — FRIGHTS AND PERILS IN STEELE'S BAYOU.
59. 59.XI. — WILD TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI.
60. 60.XII. — VICKSBURG.
61. 61.XIII. — PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE.
62. 62.XIV. — THE SIEGE ITSELF.
63. 63.XV. — GIBRALTAR FALLS.

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