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- Author: Toth, Emily
Date: 1999
Language: English
Find in a Library: 39800550
Biography of the author of "The Awakening." From University Press of Mississippi: "In 'Unveiling Kate Chopin,' Emily Toth, the foremost authority on Chopin's life and works, creates a sharply revealing portrait of a modern woman in a Victorian world.…
- Author: Rand, John A.
- Author: Leamon, James S.
Date: 1975
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 1502215
Find Online: OL5188250M
A short history of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, published on the centennial year of the local "Peoples Savings Bank" and conceived through the lens of that financial institution. Historical content is segmented by decade, each chapter illustrated with…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 5 of 8
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 5 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fifth of six…
- Author: Coulet du Gard, René
- Author: Coulet du Gard, Dominique
Date: 1974
Language: en
Find in a Library: 1254074
Find Online: OL5073992M
Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest.
- Author: Downs, Jacques M.
Date: 1985
Language: en
Find in a Library: 12419914
Find Online: OL2535469M
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford,…
- Author: Eccles, W.J.
Date: 1998
Language: en
Find in a Library: 39664550
Find Online: OL348461M
Previously published under the title "France in America." From Fitzhenry and Whiteside, publishers: "This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the…
- Author: Allaire, Jean Baptiste Arthur
Date: 1905
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 11700111
Find Online: OL24399522M
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Une histoire complète d'une paroisse catholique québécoise, de la Vallée-du-Richelieu, jusqu'en 1905.
- Author: Armstrong, John Borden
Date: 1969
Language: en
Find in a Library: 57351
Find Online: OL5685835M
Nearly two hundred years of history in a New Hampshire town. Harrisville's businesses and communities, the production of its farms, and the centrality of its mills. The economic, political, and social transformations of Harrisville laid out…
- Author: Byrne, William
- Author: Leahy, William Augustine
- Author: O'Donnell, Jason H.
- Author: Finen, John E.
- Author: McCoy, J.J.
- Author: Dowling, A.
- Author: Young, Edmund J.A.
- Author: Michaud, John S.
Date: 1899
Language: en
Find in a Library: 1236148
Find Online: OL23413103M
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Lengthy 1899 historical portrait of Roman Catholic dioceses in the New England states. Includes the archdiocese of Boston, the dioceses of Providence (Rhode Island), Portland (Maine), and Manchester (New Hampshire).
- Author: Levasseur, Raymond Luc
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 55030481
Ray Luc Levasseur's statements from the 1989 criminal trial where he represented himself against accusations of racketeering. He places himself and a working-class Franco (Sanford, Maine) upbringing in the course of an American class struggle,…
- Author: Rosengarten, Joseph G.
Date: 1907
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2662696
Find Online: OL7249749M
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French presence in the United States from 1684 to the beginning of the 20th century. Includes early missions from France to the American South and Midwest, colonies in Louisiana, Huguenot communities on the Mid-Atlantic American coast, French…
- Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat
Date: 1975
Language: en (translation)
Find in a Library: 4134570
Find Online: OL4288424M
A brief history of the French presence in North America. English translation of "Une AmeÌrique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette,…
- Author: Calvert, Mary
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 10864362
Find Online: OL2769967W
Historical piece on the European explorers of the Kennebec River Valley and the Abenaki people of that Maine region. Highlights the relationships among British, French, and Native American, and their confrontations from the 17th century onward. The…
- Author: Ouelette, Joanne
- Author: New Hampshire Historical Society
Date: 2013
Language: en
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Outline of dates and figures; compilation of facts and notes relevant to the history of French Canadian immigrants in the state of New Hampshire around the beginning of the twentieth century. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for…
- Author: Aubin, Albert K.
Date: 1981
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8297862
Find Online: OL11436946M
A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the…
- Author: Parker, James Hill
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 9082399
Sociological essay highlighting Franco American assimilation in a case-study of Lewiston, Maine. Includes a brief history of French Canadian immigration to Lewiston coinciding with the city's birth as an industrial center. Part of the preface reads,…
- Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté (editor)
- Author: Petrie, Lanette Landry (editor)
- Author: Langellier, Kristin (editor)
- Author: Slott, Kathryn (editor)
Date: 1995
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 34344246
A selection of women's writings - fiction, poetry, essay, journalism - that have appeared in the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's publication, "Le FAROG Forum." Le Forum is a periodical dedicated to issues related to the Franco American…
- Author: Scontras, Charles A.
Date: 1994
Language: en
Find in a Library: 31188167
A restorative history of the birth and early life of organized labor in Maine in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the rise of the industrial period. From the preface: "The history of organized labor in Maine has been ignored by the State's…
- Author: Mcgrath, Anna Fields
Date: 1989
Language: en
Find in a Library: 19509718
Subtitled, "A Pictorial History of Aroostook County, Maine." A celebration of Aroostook County's 150th year. A pictorial regional history consisting of general narrative and more intimate, anecdotal accounts of the place in present-day northern Maine…
- Author: Baird, Charles Washington
Date: 1885
Volume: 1
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8047731
Find Online: OL7003802W
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Late nineteenth-century historical text on the Huguenot emigration from a France in religious strife to the eastern coast of North America between the middle 16th and middle 18th centuries. According to the author, Volume 1 of this 2-volume text only…
- Author: Perreault, Robert B.
Date: 1976
Language: English
Find in a Library: 3585739
Essay written in 1976, "in the spirit of the [United States'] Bicentennial," recognizing the Franco Americans as a distinct and significant ethnic group in American history. The 38-page piece begins its observations at the 1524 French explorations of…
- Author: Stadig, Rita
Date: 1989
Volume: 4
Language: en
Find in a Library: 20939346
A history of the St. John River Valley, Maine with a large segment dedicated to the town of Wallagrass. Begins with European colonization and the sixteenth century Native Americans, and continues through the establishment and demise of Acadia, and…
- Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.
Date: 2007
Language: English
Find in a Library: 7446073
A collection of short stories loosely connected, all based on the premise of the death of God. From Viking Press: "Ron Currie's gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it?…
- Author: Beaupré, Norman
Date: 2005
Language: English
Find in a Library: 77139371
Novel about WWII and its effects on soldiers and civilians alike. Explores the similar experiences of one boy from New England and one from Berlin. An attempt to remember the War's "forgotten undesirables:" Gypsy, gay, African American, Japanese…
- Author: Tremblay, ReÌmi
Date: 1884
Language: Français (English translation available)
Find in a Library: 458367612
Le roman d'un soldat canadien français (franco-ameÌricain) qui a combattu dans la Guerre de SeÌcession aux EÌtats-Unis.