| The Grandissimes Contributor(s): Cable, George Washington (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820310204 ISBN-13: 9780820310206 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88-4876 |
| Series: Agents and Actions: Supplements; 26 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.54" W x 8.2" (0.95 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in the mysterious shadowed city of New Orleans in the years immediately following the Louisiana Purchase, George Washington Cable's classic novel of the Old South traces the declining fortunes of a family and their society as they struggle with long-standing divisions of race and class and with the ideals of democracy and liberty imposed by their new American rulers. The hero of the novel, Joseph Frowenfeld, is a young scientist who moves to Louisiana to make his fortune. An outsider, Frowenfeld learns the ways of the Creoles and of the few Americans in the city through his acquaintance with the proud Grandissime family. He comes to know Honore Grandissime, the young leader of the clan, as well as his half-brother, a prosperous free man of color also named Honore, who has the power to rescue his relations from financial ruin. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cable, George Washington: - GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE was born in New Orleans in 1844. Often considered the South's first modern writer, he wrote many books, including Old Creole Days; Dr. Sevier; John Marsh, Southerner; Bonaventure; and The Cavalier. |