Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi

Gideon's Band is a novel set in the Mississippi River valley during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. Written by George W. Cable, the story follows the lives of a group of African American men who form a musical band and their struggles to make a living as musicians. The main character, Gideon, is a former slave who becomes the leader of the band and is determined to succeed despite the challenges of racism and poverty. The novel explores themes of racial identity, class struggle, and the power of music to bring people together. It also sheds light on the social and political issues of the time, including the struggle for civil rights and the tensions between the North and South. Overall, Gideon's Band is a powerful and moving tale of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity.1914. Cable, American short-story writer and novelist, is known for his tales dealing with the Creoles of New Orleans. Gideon's Band begins: Saturday, April, 1852. There was a fervor in the sky as of an August noon, although the clocks of the city would presently strike five. Dazzling white clouds, about the show the earliest flush of the sun's decline, beamed down upon a turbid river harbor, where the water was deep so close inshore that the port's unbroken mile of steamboat wharf nowhere stretched out into the boiling flood. Instead it merely lined the shore, the steamers packing in bow on with their noses to it, their sterns out in the stream, their fenders chafing each other's lower guards. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.