Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
George Washington Cable

Born: October 12, 1844
Died: January 31, 1925 (aged 80)
Bio: George Washington Cable was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century, as well as the first modern southern writer.
Known for:
- The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life (1880)
- Old Creole days (1879)
- Madame Delphine (1881)
- Strange true stories of Louisiana (1889)
- John March Southerner (1894)
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