Visit George Washington Cable House, New Orleans, Louisiana

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George Washington Cable House in New Orleans, LA, a national landmark (1874). Cable was born in New Orleans in 1844, the son of a wealthy planation owner. After his father died, however, Cable struggled financially. He joined the Confederate Army in the Civil War. During a two-year bout with malaria, Cable took up writing as a hobby. In 1870, he joined the staff of the New Orleans Picayune. His first story was published in Scribner's Monthly in 1873. The multiculturalism of New Orleans was a common theme in his writings. He generally supported racial equality, earning the ire of many of his peers. Cable left the South for Massachusetts in 1885 to escape this hostility. Cable ended his writing career in 1918 and died in 1925. Cable was a close friend of Mark Twain, who was probably a frequent guest here.

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