{"product_id":"9781565540385","title":"Strange True Stories of Louisiana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevealing historical tales of the Southern mystique.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader’s interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. . . . In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them—strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—George W. Cable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing seven factual accounts of life and history in the area, this compilation includes tales of French nuns, haunted houses, and even a Union woman trapped behind Civil War battle lines. Cable brings together all the unusual and unique aspects of New Orleans and the South in this literary collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300914643184,"sku":"9781565540385","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565540385_p0.jpg?v=1763788780","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565540385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}