Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
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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