Introduction

Biography

George was the son of George W. Ca­ble, Sr., and Re­bec­ca Board­man. He mar­ried three times, to Lou­ise Stew­art Bart­lett (1869), Eva Sten­son (1906), and Han­na Cow­ing (1923).

Cable was a well known au­thor fol­low­ing the Am­er­ican ci­vil war. How­ev­er, his li­ber­al ci­vil rights views drew the ire of his neigh­bors, and the fa­mi­ly moved to North­amp­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, in Oc­to­ber 1885.

It is said they chose North­amp­ton be­cause it was close to George’s friend and fel­low lec­ture cir­cuit com­pan­ion Sam­uel Cle­mens (Mark Twain), and Smith Col­lege of­fered edu­ca­tion­al op­por­tu­ni­ty for their daughters.

Works

• The Gran­dis­simes: A Story of Cre­ole Life, 1880
• Madame Del­phine, 1881
• Dr. Se­vier, 1882