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- Author: Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain
Date: 1996
Language: Bilingual/bilingue
Find in a Library: 38755550
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and the…
- Author: Lawton, R.J.
Date: 1915
Language: en
Find in a Library: 33372776
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From the text: "This volume is published chiefly for the purpose of showing the achievements of the Franco-American citizens of Maine to-day. Written from an independent viewpoint, the work seeks to make familiar to English reading people the status…
- Author: Olivier, Julien
Date: 1977
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 6467407
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L'histoire de Jim Caron, 101 ans, tel que raconté à Milton, New Hampshire, et rédigé par Julien Olivier. Sa famille, son travail dans les bois et dans le moulin, son école, and sa vie après son immigration…
- Author: Searles, James
- Author: Morse, Kent
- Author: Hinchman, Stephen
Date: 1982
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8582872
Find Online: OL8515130M
From the preface: "This book is the culmination of a two-year project conducted by Hyde School students and faculty. With the backing of grants from the Ethnic Heritage Studies Division, Office of Education, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,…
- Author: Hendrickson, Dyke
Date: 2010
Language: en
Find in a Library: 535495395
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An "Images of America" pictorial history that illustrates parts of the Franco-American experience in Maine, Maine's people, and the things and places that occupied their lives. Chapters run as follows: 1)Work, 2)Family, 3)Religious Life, 4)Community,…
- Author: Classen, H. George
Date: 1967
Language: en
Find in a Library: 788812
Find Online: OL5537093M
History of borderlands and border disputes between the United States and Canada. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the early-nineteenth-century St. John River Valley border dispute and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) that solidified the division between…
- Author: Violette, Maurice
Date: 1976
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2176381
A thorough history of the Franco American presence in the city of Augusta, Maine, up to the 1970s. Histories of mill, church, school, and community, from their migrant inception through sometimes celebratory, sometimes violent, persistence.…
- 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: Calvert, Mary
Date: 1986
Language: en
Find in a Library: 15523085
Find Online: OL2769969W
Historical piece on the Kennebec River and its surrounding valley towns, from the end of the American Revolution until the river's final log drive in the second half of the twentieth century. Relationships between early settlers and Native Americans.…
- 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?…