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- Author: Belair, Richard L.
Date: 1991
Language: English
Find in a Library: 21195458
Novel about conflict between Irish and French Canadian communities in the Catholic parish of a New England town where the "Fathers" play a particularly important role. From the text, a review by Robert Courmier: "In a New England city teeming with…
- Author: Beaupré, Norman
Date: 1999
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 43280504
Un roman quasi-autobiographique, sur la vie d'un jeune dans "un petit Canada" de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.
- Author: Beaupré, Norman
Date: 2006
Language: Français (English translation available)
Find in a Library: 122931605
A monologue on life and love, written in the French vernacular of Biddeford, Maine. Based on a Southern Maine character from an earlier of Beaupré's novels, "Le Petit Mangeur de Fleurs" (1999). De Llumina Press: "[La Souillonne] se 'debourre…
- Author: Beaupré, Norman
Date: 2008
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 251338043
From the author's website: "The dramatic monologue, La Souillonne, was such a tremendous success for its author, Norman Beaupré, that it prompted a friend of his to say, 'There must be a follow-up to this.' The author replied that he had not…
- Author: Beaupré, Normand R.
Date: 2009
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 463283976
Une anthologie des contes et histoires franco-ameÌricaines, eÌcrits par et pour le franco-ameÌricanie. A self-proclaimed fictional companion to the recently published Franco-American reader, "Voyages," "proclamer notre appartenance au monde…
- Author: Hèmon, Louis
Date: 1921
Language: English (traduction du français)
Find in a Library: 959660
Classic romance novel from 1914 about rural Québec, love of family, and the rejection of America in the name of "la survivance."
- 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: Plourde, Lynn
Date: 2008
Language: English
Find in a Library: 185095384
Another children's book from this Winthrop, Maine, author. A story about the treasure of reading and the value of community. From the inside cover: "One town's trash becomes the dump man's treasure in this inspiring tale by award-winning author Lynn…
- Author: Plante, David
Date: 2005
Language: English
Find in a Library: 55131479
A memoir from prose writer David Plante. An exploration of identity with respect to language, the power of Catholic traditions, and the pull of sex, moving with the author from his Providence, Rhode Island, hometown through Europe and back again.…
- 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: Olivier, Julien
- Author: Parent, Michael
Date: 1996
Language: English
Find in a Library: 34776071
French folklore in North America with an explanation of popular images and themes, as well as a glossary of vernacular terms in translation.
From August House Publishers: "In 'Of Kings and Fools' Julien Olivier and Michael Parent recount the stories…
- Author: Olivier, Julien
Date: 1979
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 8528478
Une introduction aux études de folklore, centrée à celles caracteristiques typique de l'histoire franco-américain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Contient des histoires orales, musique locale, anciens remèdes naturels, et la poèsie.
- 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…