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  • Author: Rivard, Adjutor

Date: 1924 (1914)

Language: en (trans.)

Find in a Library: 1962661

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A series of graphic and sentimental depictions of different elements significant to home and community in rural Quebec. 21 chapters for as many subjects - some of simple descriptions with warmth in detail, others related as narrative in the manner of…

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  • Author: Béliveau, Sévérin

Date: 2005 December 12

Publication: Bangor Daily News

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8818350

Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco…

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  • Author: Bayly, Julia

Date: 2010 December 26

Publication: Bangor Daily News

Language: English

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Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter,…

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  • Author: Kellogg, Carolyn

Date: 2010 July 30

Publication: Los Angeles Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10379910

From the Los Angeles Times literature blog, "Jacket Copy." Transcript of a brief interview with a novelist from Waterville, Maine, centered around his one-time choice of a book for summer reading. Includes bits about Currie's youth, his father,…

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  • Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.

Date: 2010 July 26

Language: English

Find in a Library: 268958614

Short essay by a writer from Waterville, Maine, in support of his recent novel, "Everything Matters!" The topic of this piece, reflected in its title, lends to the sharing of a few personal anecdotes that relate some of his experiences with family,…

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  • Author: Corbin, Michael
  • Author: Rosenthal, Rob

Date: 2009 March 5

Language: English and français

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Oral interview with the owner of Café de le Place in Madawaska, Maine. The role of food in his family life and historically in the lives of the Acadians of the St. John River Valley. Some descriptions of famous Acadian dishes. Recorded in the…

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  • Author: Green, Susan

Date: 2011 April 3

Publication: Burlington Free Press

Language: English

Find in a Library: 9390458, 661313450

Article in recognition of Burlington, Vermont's 2011 French Friendship Day - a gathering together of local and international francophiles and francophones to celebrate the presence of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Vermont. Contains…

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  • Author: Edington, Steve

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 43208165

A genealogical and literary excavation of the roots of Jack Kerouac's family in Nashua, New Hampshire. Historical and literary scholarship on both Nashua and Kerouac, accompanied by the author's thoughts on family and culture, illustrated with some…

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  • Author: Pohl, William
  • Author: Sewall, Abbie (photographs)

Date: 1983

Language: en

Find in a Library: 9574985

A collection of oral history portraits from around the state of Maine. Introduction written by Marshall Dodge, and foreword from Robert Coles. From the text: " 'The Voice of Maine' offers an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and soul of the people…

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  • Author: Mitchell, Paige (editor)

Date: 2011

Language: English

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A collection of writings in a cultural studies reader, introduced with an essay from the instructor. Compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine.

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1981

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 9185697

Une histoire de la vie artistique et communautaire d'un homme franco-américain de New Hampshire. Racontée par lui-même, M. Marcoux - bûcheron, sculpteur, musicien, ami - comme vu dans les contes qui se présentent dans ses entrevues…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1993 Spring

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 33

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2263768, 607696548

Biographical sketch of Hubert Prior Vallée - a.k.a., Rudy Vallée - from a young man in Westbrook and Orono, Maine, to the iconic Hollywood crooner of American film and radio, consistently true to the origins to which he ultimately returned.…

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  • Author: Blanchard, Dorothy A.

Date: 1993 Spring

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 33

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2263768, 607696548

The history of French Canadian immigration and Franco American community building in the town of Dexter, Maine. Illustrated with photos and quotes from oral interviews. From the text: "The study of French-Canadian immigration is generally centered…

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  • Author: Faulkner, William

Date: 1979 November

Publication: The Atlantic

Volume: 244

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2445096

A short story unpublished in his lifetime, William Faulkner's "Evangeline" was written in 1931. Later included in Joseph Blotner's "Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner" in 1979, printed by the Atlantic monthly in that same year. Its premise, a…

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  • Author: Charette, Theresa

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: None (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine)

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A cookbook both traditional and modern. A collection of recipes from three generations of French Canadian and Acadian cooks. Includes an introduction by the author. Written in Madawaska, Maine, and shared with the Upper St. John Valley. Printed by…

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  • Author: Parent, Michael

Date: Unknown

Language: English

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Four short stories written for kids of all ages by "story-maker and story-teller" Michael Parent of Lewiston, Maine. Includes the titles, "Tunko the Terrible Giant," "The Princess' Ailment," "Angela the Mud Girl," and "A Blink and a Wink."

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  • Author: Albert, Julie D.

Date: 1991

Language: English

Find in a Library: None (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine)

Book of poems and one prose piece largely centered on family and memory. From a native of northern Maine.

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  • Author: Kevra, Susan K.

Date: 2007

Publication: AmeriQuests

Volume: 4

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 56906981

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From AmeriQuests: "In her short story 'Le Peuplement de la Terre' ('Be Fruitful and Multiply') Madeleine Ferron reveals the reality of married life for generations of women in Quebec whose lives were a constant cycle of pregnancy, childbirth and…

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  • Author: Bedell, Jack

Date: 1998

Language: English

Find in a Library: 42854463

Book of poetry from a native of south Louisiana and a distinguished professor in the humanities at Southeastern Louisiana University. His work is also featured in the recent collection "French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets"…

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  • Author: Drummond, Robert J.
  • Author: McIntire, Walter G.

Date: 1980

Publication: Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volume: 106

Language: en

Find in a Library: 425947545, 1782317

Studies conducted by University of Maine researchers on early school-age children. Observations and evaluations of psychological self-concept. Studies measure age, sex, and ethnic heritage factors and present data and observations based on these…

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  • Author: Bourque, Darrell

Date: 1994

Language: English and Cajun French

Find in a Library: 30602537

Book of poems from an Acadiana writer, now the tenth poet laureate of the state of Louisiana. First chapbook in a series featuring Cajun writers. Illustrated. From Cross-Cultural Communications: "In this first bilingual (English-Cajun French)…

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  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 1997

Book Title: Littérature et dialogue interculturel : culture française d'Amérique

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 37491176

Un essai par l'auteur des romans "The Family" et "The Country," et aussi les mémoires, "American Ghosts." Il viens de Providence, Rhode Island. Partie d'une collection sur la culture française d'Amérique. Au début du texte, Plante se…

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  • Author: Erhman, John

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find in a Library: 78299230

Made-for-TV film adaptation of a novel of the same title by Maine author K.C. McKinnon (pseudonym for Cathie Pelletier). Story of woman's return home, with her son, and her re-entry into the life of a past friend. Set in smalltown Maine. Stars Alicia…

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  • Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.

Date: 2009 Spring

Publication: Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly

Volume: 4

Language: English

Find in a Library: 74460731

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Online feature entitled "What happens when the world finds out that God is dead?: Ron Currie, Jr. reads from his novel." The feature is a link to the author's reading of the chapter "My Brother the Murderer" from his novel titled "God is Dead"…

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  • Author: Chetro-Szivos, John

Date: 2006

Language: en

Find in a Library: 70916480

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A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1985

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12219281

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Selective reprinting of Franco American oral interviews from the late 1930s' Federal Writers' Project. Brief historical introductions to Manchester NH, Old Town ME, Woonsocket RI, and Barre VT, followed by the interviews with workers that took place…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1991

Language: en

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Collection of photos of farmers, farm families, and landscapes in the St. John Valley, Maine, taken by the federal Farm Security Administration in the early 1940s. Doty gives historical context and new captions to the photos. The book concludes with…

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  • Author: Delevingne, Lionel (photographs)
  • Author: Briere, Eloise A. (interviews)
  • Author: Vaget, Nicole (text)

Date: 1988

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 20218507

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Illustrations of Massachusetts' Franco American cultural landscape in personal photos, personal interviews, and historical context. A local pictorial history in short form, singular in its use of quotations.

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  • Author: Pelletier, Fran

Date: 2003

Language: English

Find in a Library: 52819582

Memoirs of Fran Pelletier. His family and his youth in rural Maine. Growing up in small town America. From the back cover: "Fran Pelletier is a rare and wonderful storyteller. He Grew up in Milford, Maine, in the 1930s....Pelletier remembers all the…

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  • Author: Toth, Emily

Date: 1981

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Biography of Manchester, New Hampshire author Grace Metalious. Famous for her novel "Peyton Place" and its various film adaptations. Emily Toth is also the biographer of novelist Kate Chopin.

From University Press of Mississippi: "The juicy…

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