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- Author: Craig, BeÌatrice
Date: 2009
Language: en
Find in a Library: 181602806
From University of Toronto Press: "In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England was established on the banks of the Upper…
- 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: Albert, Henry
Date: 1999
Language: English
Find in a Library: 42953999
The autobiography of a northern Maine native. Begins with his early life in Aroostook County and continues through his many years of service in the United States Army, bringing him and his family throughout the world - Ethiopia, Iran, and elsewhere -…
- 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: Perreault, Gene N.
Date: 1986
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 16989034
Find Online: OL5071919W
From the author: "The following stories represent the folk history of the logging business in northern Maine. They were gathered over the years and the facts may have been changed as the stories were passed on to succeeding generations. However, they…
- Author: TheÌriault, J.R.T.
Date: 2009
Language: Bilingual/bilingue
Find in a Library: None
From the author: "The book is a biography of Charles Theriault, first francophone settler in 1821-1823 of the lower Madawaska River in present-day St-Jacques. The book presents a brief history of the Acadian migration before the time of…
- Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Date: 2004
Language: English
Find in a Library: 56903271
Maine native Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem about "le Grand Dérangement" - the Acadian Expulsion - and one Acadian woman's rampant search for a love lost. This text also includes an introduction, a brief historical sketch of the Acadians,…
- Author: Pelletier, Martine
- Author: Ferretti, Monica Dionne
Date: 1979
Language: en
Find in a Library: 5336702
Find Online: OL4434389M
A history of the people of Van Buren, Maine, with a heavy emphasis on local folklore. Includes a large collection of images of town buildings both past and present, historic documents, family trees, local advertisements, and local maps.
- Author: Le Jeune, R.P.L.
Date: 1990 (1918)
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 144748841 (peut être lu au Centre Franco-Américain, Université du Maine, Orono, Maine)
Une brève histoire de l'Acadie entre 1412 et 1800 (entre colonisation, le Grand Dérangement, et repopulation). Certaines descriptions d'événements significatives dans la courte durée de vie des premières communatés Acadiennes de…
- 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: Arsenault, Bona [Bonaventure]
Date: 1978
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6252812
Read: Preview (revised and republished edition, untranslated)
Translation of the first volume of Arsenault's original historical collection, "Histoire et geÌneÌalogie des Acadiens." This volume, "Histoire des Acadiens," attempts a comprehensive history of the Acadian people - their arrival in…
- Author: Baird, Charles Washington
Date: 1885
Volume: 1
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8047731
Find Online: OL7003802W
Read: Full text
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: 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: Ross, Sally
- Author: Deveau, Alphonse
Date: 1992
Language: English
Find in a Library: 25713218
From Nimbus Publishing: "The first work devoted exclusively to the Acadians of Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities. Ross and Deveau draw on…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1982
Volume: 7 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 65236969 (volumes 1 through 6)
Volume 7 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "Postbellum Louisiana." Contains the following essays: "The Splendid Mystery of the Civil Code of Louisiana" - Albert Tate, Jr., "Early New Orleans…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1982
Volume: 8 of 8
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 6523696 (volumes 1 through 6)
Volume 8 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "French Louisiana in the Twentieth Century." Contains the following essays: "Les Acadiens au XXe siecle" - Margeurite Roman, "Acadians and Acadians" -…
- 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:…