Books of Acadians
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Voices Through Time: Family History of Margaret Josephine Gaudet, James Hardy Hugh Amero
By Jane Elizabeth Wood Hodges, Stephanie Anne Wood TretiakVoices Through Time: Family History of Margaret Josephine Gaudet, James Hardy Hugh Amero
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Seeking an Acadian Nation: The 1930 Diary of an Evangeline Girl
By Warren Perrin, Mary PerrinThis book has three parts: first, the efforts at reunification to create an Acadian Nation (1880-1930); second, the pilgrimage to Grand-Pré as reported in Corinne's diary, with annotations (1930); and third, the Louisiana French ...
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"Unwelcome Strangers": Acadian Antecedents to United States Immigration Philosophy & Practice
By Helen Isabella Gosserand-LowdermanThe Acadian story is essential to understanding the wider narrative of the transition from British colonial poor law to United States immigration law because it provides one of the earliest examples of poor law applied extensively to ...
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The Sacred Shore
By Janette Oke, T. Davis BunnThe Sacred Shore
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Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Broussard to the Queen's Royal Proclamation
By Warren A. PerrinThe book explains his early life events and militant struggles with the British who had, for years, wanted to lay claim to the Acadians' rich lands.
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The Quest for Autonomy in Acadia
By André MagordBasque , Maurice , “ Family and political culture in pre - conquest Acadia ” , in Reid , John , et al . , The conquest of Acadia , 1710 . Imperial , Colonial , and aboriginal constructions , Toronto , University of Toronto Press ...
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Acadian Christmas Traditions
By Georges ArsenaultThis very readable book shows how customs, both spiritual and secular, take hold in families, in villages, and in a culture as a whole.
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Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
By Tyler LeBlancPiecing together his family history through archival documents, Tyler LeBlanc tells the story of Joseph LeBlanc (his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather), Joseph's ten siblings, and their families.
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From Acadian to Cajun French
By Karen, Jean, BeaverStudents should develop an understanding and appreciation of Cajun culture.
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From Acadian to Cajun
By Tralco Educational Services Inc, Jean Beaver, Karen TraynorStudents should develop an understanding and appreciation of Cajun culture.
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Acadian Driftwood: The Roots of Acadian and Cajun Music
By Paul-Emile ComeauThis book provides the history of Acadian and Cajun music from pre-expulsion to the revival of this music today, written by Paul-Emile Comeau, a direct descendant of the original French settlers and the premier historian of Acadian and ...
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Regards croisés sur l'histoire et la littérature acadiennes
By Madeleine Frédéric, Serge Jaumain... littéraires , dont justement L'Extrême Frontière , sociogrammatisent et qui tournent autour du noyau conflictuel du sociogramme du pays , formant ainsi ce que Rose- line Tremblay nomme « l'interface avec le réel » : Si le sociogramme ...
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Bless this House
By Anne Laurel CarterElizabeth and her family leave New England and arrive in Nova Scotia to resettle land that was once home to people called the Acadians.
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The Cajuns of George Rodrigue
By George RodrigueIn the mid-1990s Rodrigue's Blue Dog paintings, based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou, catapulted him to worldwide fame. "The Cajuns of George Rodrigue" was the first book published of his works when he was only 32 years old.
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The Loup-Garou of Côte Gelée
By Morris RaphaelStory of an eleven-year-old Cajun lad named Ti-Maurice Mouton and his experiences with a Loup-Garou named Jacques.