{"product_id":"the-grandissimes-a-story-of-creole-life-paperback","title":"The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington Cable\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Kreyling\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSetting forth formidable arguments for racial equality, Cable's novel of feuding Creole families in early nineteenth-century New Orleans blends post-Civil War social dissent and Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in New Orleans in 1844, \u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington Cable\u003c\/b\u003e began his writing career as a columnist and reporter for local newspapers. A talent scout from \u003ci\u003eScribner's Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e \"discovered\" the writer, and the nation's appetite for the exotic scenes and characters of the remnants of Creole civilization helped to make him popular. His first collection of Creole tales, \u003ci\u003eOld Creole Days\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed as the equal of Hawthorne's tales of New England; Cable's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Grandissimes\u003c\/i\u003e, was constantly in print during his lifetime. He died in 1925. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Kreyling\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches Southern literature and American literature. He has written two books: a study of the fiction of Eudora Welty, \u003ci\u003eEudora Welty's Achievement of Order, \u003c\/i\u003e and a literary-cultural study of Southern fiction from the 1820s to the 1970s, \u003ci\u003eFigures of the Hero in Southern Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749689393440,"sku":"9780140433227","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/445d4e36c4441e92b9b7d89bb25cfc60.webp?v=1779936344","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-grandissimes-a-story-of-creole-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}