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George Washington Cable. Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA
HOW I GOT THEM
1882–89
THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR
1782
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE
1795
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
1773–95
SALOME MÜLLER,
THE WHITE SLAVE
1818–45
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
1831–82
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
1855
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
1860–63
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
