At the turn of the century the view people outside of New Orleans got of thecity was through the eyes of journalist and author George W. Cable. Hiswritings port... » 

At the turn of the century the view people outside of New Orleans got of thecity was through the eyes of journalist and author George W. Cable. Hiswritings portrayed a tropical European city nestled on the banks of an Americanriver still teeming with the literary artistic and social developments of alate Renaissance. In his own romance with Louisiana Cable came upon manystories written by its denizens and assisted these authors in finding places topublish their works. There were some however which Cable would not send outof state. These stories he kept for himself some of which can be found in hiswork Strange True Stories of Louisiana . «