CD-ROM Edition For reading or research No illustrations, not an audio CD, not a DVD, produced in a Microsoft Word Compatible format for reading or research. About the Author: George Washington Cable (12 October 1844  31 January 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner. His most important works are Old Creole Days, The Grandissimes, and Madame Delphine. In 1880, the United States Census Bureau commissioned Cable to write a "historical sketch" of pre-Civil War New Orleans for a special section of the 10th United States census' "Social statistics of cities". His work later was revised as "Creoles of Louisiana". In 2008 his work was published as The New Orleans of George Washington Cable. This most recent revision includes all of Cable's footnotes and research that were omitted by editors from its original publication.