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  • Author: Marche, Guillame

Date: 1990

Language: en

Find in a Library: 368157878

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Book-length study based on demographic research and personal observations on Franco Americans in Maine. Begins with a brief exploration of the diversity of Franco American history in New England and moves into the theoretical particularities often…

  • Author: Ducharme, Jacques

Date: 1939

Language: English

Find in a Library: 884728

One of the first novels written in English by a Franco American on the long-told Canadian immigration narrative. Tells the tale of a family leaving Canada for the United States near the beginning of the twentieth century. From the author of the…

  • Author: Cyr, Marguerite

Date: 1977

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 18597494

Une histoire culturelle des Acadiens de la Vallée St-Jean dans le Maine, présentée dans les mémoires d'une famille acadienne de Van Buren. Six chapitres racontés avec les photos et les materiaux historiques d'une famille du Maine:…

  • Author: Boudreau, Amy

Date: 1971 (first printing, 1955)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 579113

Book-length poem on the Acadian expulsion and settlement in the United States, followed by a brief historical sketch of Nova Scotia (modern-day Acadia) and the Acadians in Louisiana. Prefaced with an appreciative letter written by then-Consul General…

  • Author: Blanchette, Michel A.

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 67294624

Self-published memoir about life in Québec, and life after Québec. From iUniverse: "Michel learns that his father is dying. This news precipitates a nostalgic journey into the past-a childhood spent on a dairy farm in French Québec. As a…

  • Author: Blaise, Clark

Date: 1979

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4503478

From Gale Literature: "'Lunar Attractions' (1979) recalls many of the themes and settings of [Blaise's] short stories--the child, David Greenwood, who discovers his French-Canadian ancestry (his real name is Boisvert), the dislocations of life in…

  • Author: Blaise, Clark

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find in a Library: 595396

Short stories infused with a narrative consciousness of the subtle ethnic and linguistic differences that complicate relationships between characters. Written by a Canadian author, these stories often play with Canadian/American, English/French…

  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 2005

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 145498315

De Llumina Press: "...l'histoire de sa [Beaupré] grand-mere maternelle venue du Québec avec son mari et leurs dix enfants pour prendre demeure aux Etats-Unis dans un village du New Hampshire."

  • Author: Beaugrand, Honoré

Date: 1878

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8517304

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Un texte éssentiel à la collection de la littérature franco-américaine du 19e siècle. Un conte d'émigration du Canada à la Nouvelle-Angleterre avant l'année 1900. Ecrit par l'ancien maire de Montréal, et…

  • Author: Archambault, Alberic A.

Date: 1943

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2414523

Early twentieth-centuy novel about a French-Canadian family's immigration to a New England mill town. The author - Archambault - says, "this story is the story of any mill village in New England between 1870 and the present time [1943]. The author…

  • Author: Beaupré, Normand R.

Date: 2009

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 463283976

Une anthologie des contes et histoires franco-américaines, écrits par et pour le franco-américanie. A self-proclaimed fictional companion to the recently published Franco-American reader, "Voyages," "proclamer notre appartenance au monde…

  • Author: Hebert-Leiter, Maria

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find in a Library: 463256338

From LSU Press: "From antebellum times, Louisiana’s unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In 'Becoming Cajun, Becoming American,' Maria…

  • Author: Tremblay, Rémi

Date: 1884

Language: Français (English translation available)

Find in a Library: 458367612

Le roman d'un soldat canadien français (franco-américain) qui a combattu dans la Guerre de Sécession aux États-Unis.

  • Author: Tremblay, Rémi

Date: 2002

Language: English (traduction du français)

Find in a Library: 48966596

From Images from the Past: "The first published translation into English of 'Un Revenant,' an 1884 romantic adventure written by Rémi Tremblay, a French-Canadian author who turned his own experiences as a teenaged enlistee in the Civil War…

  • Author: Tomasi, Mari

Date: 1949

Language: English

Find in a Library: 414117

1940s novel on immigrant stone-cutters of Green Mountain State granite. Explores in specific the Italian American worker experience. "Like Lesser Gods" was republished in 1988 by the New England Press. Written by former Vermont Writers' Project…

  • Author: Simone, Roberta

Date: 1994

Language: en

Find in a Library: 44956605

Bibliography of novels and some non-fiction authored by, concerning, and engaging a diversity of immigrant experiences in the United States. Important text for literary studies and American Studies.

  • Author: Roche, François (rédacteur)

Date: 1981

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8172157

Une anthologie des contes, poèmes, essaies, et images qui commencent à illustrer le fait franco Nouvelle-Angleterre du 20e siècle.

  • Author: Robert, Adolphe

Date: 1949

Publication: Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française

Volume: 2

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 1764125

Un revue de la Nouvelle Angleterre sur une collection des littératures franco-américaines jusqu'au présent (1949). Contiens une bibliographie d'oeuvres publiés.

  • Author: Provencher Faucher, Doris

Date: 2000

Language: English

Find in a Library: 48655561

First novel in a thus far four-part series known as "Le Québécois." From Artenay Press: "This portrayal of early settlement in the St-Lawrence River Valley wilderness in the mid-1600’s represents the broad reality of the French…

  • Author: Provencher Faucher, Doris

Date: 2002

Language: English

Find in a Library: 65165055

A sequel to "The Virgin Forest" (2000), second novel in "Le Québécois" series. From Artenay Press: "Bastien and Marguerite's first Canadian-born descendants face trials and challenges that are quite different from those experienced by…

  • Author: Proulx, E. Annie

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 34515071

A startlingly inclusive selection of a century's worth of American immigrant vignettes tied together by the movement of a single accordion. For immigration studies, it is a portrayal attentive in sentiment and beckoning in its concern for the new…

  • Author: Poteet, Maurice (rédacteur)

Date: 1987

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 19724424

De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des pièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonnière,…

  • Author: Poulin, Jacques

Date: 1984

Language: English (traduction du français)

Find in a Library: 48670997

1984 best-selling Québec novel about two new-found friends traveling across the roads of Canada and the United States - from Gaspé to San Francisco - in search of one's brother. Infused with histories of Native Americans, French colonization,…

  • Author: Parsons, Vivian (LaJeunesse)

Date: 1941

Language: en

Find in a Library: 4207548

Open Library: OL6420912M

Novel set in an American ore-mining town at the end of the 19th century. Begins with Père La Tendresse sending his son, Joseph, from their farm near Trois-Rivières, Québec to work for a time in the United States, in Michigan's Upper…

  • Author: Metalious, Grace

Date: 1963

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1289572

Novel about the French-Canadian Bergeron family, its transition and adaption into American society through work and community in upstate New York. Written by the author of the story, "Peyton Place," that became the basis for a long-running television…

  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté (editor)

Date: 2006

Language: English (traduction du français)

Find in a Library: 76901514

Contains an English translation of Camille Lessard-Bissonnette's 1936 serialized novel "Canuck," an historical section entitled "French Women of North America," and an English translation of "The Young Franco American" by Alberte Gastonguay.

  • Author: Ledoux, Denis

Date: 1988

Language: English

Find in a Library: 18787563

Ledoux has woven a tapestry of vignettes all coming to a seam at self-reflection. 'What Became of Them' is a collection of short stories that spans a century of Franco America, its cultural mutations, and its burdening self-absorption. Ledoux finds a…

  • Author: Lambert, Adélard

Date: 2008 (1938)

Language: English (traduction du français)

Find in a Library: 232536785

English translation of "L'innocente victime," first published in 1938. From Images from the Past: "A fast-paced tale of deceit, determination, lies, love, loss, and murder. The dramatic story of Jean and Marie Legendre enlightens the reader about the…