The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803
- ISBN-10
- 0807141631
- ISBN-13
- 9780807141632
- Category
- Cajuns
- Pages
- 229
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- LSU Press
- Author
- Carl A. Brasseaux
Description
Rice was consumed only rarely and then in small quantities , except in years when the corn crop failed . ... Lafayette , Louisiana ; Alexander Mouton Memoirs , in Lucile Meredith Mouton Griffith Papers , Collection 26 , Tablet 1 , pp .
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