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Violence
Some
Moderate Civil War violence; battle scenes and the siege of New Orleans
Language
None
Period prose; no strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Period romantic courtship; mild
Substance Use
Barely any
Period social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; the historical framing of Confederate characters requires contextual awareness
What this book is about
George Washington Cable's 1908 novel follows a Confederate artillery unit in New Orleans during the Civil War, centering on the romance between the battery's commander and a young woman from the city's Creole society. Cable — who wrote frankly about race in The Grandissimes — takes a more conventional approach here, producing a romantic adventure set against the fall of New Orleans to Union forces.
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Confederate perspective in Civil War setting
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