Strange True Stories of Louisiana

Strange True Stories of Louisiana

BookStrange True Stories of Louisiana
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Copyright HolderGeorge Washington Cable
Typography byJ. S. Cushing & Co.
Printed byBerwick & Smith Co.
About/SubjectLouisiana, New Orleans
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
This Edition Published1889
Copyright1888
Copyright1889
Pages / Fontix + 350 pages
ChaptersHOW I GOT THEM THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE I. The Two Sisters II. Making Up the Expedition III. The Embarkation IV. Alix Carpentier V. Down Bayou Plaquemine. — the Fight with Wild Nature VI. The Twice-married Countess VII. Odd Partners in the Bolero Dance VIII. A Bad Storm in a Bad Place IX. Maggie and the Robbers X. Alix Puts Away the Past XI. Alix Plays Fairy. — Parting Tears. XII. Little Paris XIII. The Countess Madelaine XIV. "Poor Little Alix!" XV. The Discovery of the Hat XVI. The Ball XVII. Picnic and Farewell ALIX DE MORAINVILLE SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE. I. Salome and her Kindred II. Six Months at Anchor III. Famine at Sea IV. Sold into Bondage V. The Lost Orphans VI. Christian Roselius VII. Miller Versus Belmonti VIII. The Trial IX. The Evidence X. The Crowning Proof XI. Judgment XII. Before the Supreme Court THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET. I. As It Stands Now II. Madame Lalaurie III. A Terrible Revelation IV. The Lady's Flight V. A New Use VI. Evictions ATTALIE BROUILLARD. I. Furnished Rooms II. John Bull III. Ducour's Meditations IV. Proxy V. The Nuncupative Will VI. Men can be Better than their Laws WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH I. Secession II. The Volunteers.—Fort Sumter III. Tribulation IV. A Beleaguered City V. Married VI. How it was in Arkansas VII. The Fight for Food and Clothing VIII. Drowned out and starved out IX. Homeless and Shelterless X. Frights and Perils in Steele's Bayou XI. Wild Times in Mississippi XII. Vicksburg XIII. Preparations for the Siege XIV. The Siege itself XV. Gibraltar falls
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