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  • Author: Forbes, Allan

Date: 1971

Language: English

Find Online: 540838

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  • Author: Atwood, Rhea Hollis

Date: 2004

Language: en

Find in a Library: 55473494

Find Online: OL5711128W

Travel guide to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, centered around local sites with significant French history. An effort in French archaelogical tourism. Includes brief histories of all large-scale migrations to the United States from the…

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Fosdick, Lucian J.

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find Online: 614130

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  • Author: Lockerby, Earle

Date: 2008

Language: English

Find Online: 192053072

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  • Author: Craig, Béatrice
  • Author: Dagenais, Maxime

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find Online: 298184228

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  • Author: Léger, Yvon

Date: 1992

Language: Français (English translation available)

Find Online: 26969254

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  • 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 Amérique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette,…

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  • 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…

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  • 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.…

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  • 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 -…

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  • 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…

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  • Author: BrieÌ€re, Eloise

Date: 1986

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 34578272

French heritage travel and resource guide to New York state, divided by region and described by town and city. From the foreword to the text: "Continuing the tradition begun in the 17th century, French and Canadian ties flourish in New York which…

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  • 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,…

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  • Author: Fairfield, Roy P.

Date: 1956 (2003)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3085526

Find Online: OL2044914W

A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding…

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  • Author: Corey, Eleanor Lemire

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 50562148

Memoirs spanning the period from 1901 to 1945, focusing on stories of the author's family throughout the midwestern United States during that period.

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Arsenault, Bona [Bonaventure]

Date: 1978

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6252812

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Translation of the first volume of Arsenault's original historical collection, "Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens." This volume, "Histoire des Acadiens," attempts a comprehensive history of the Acadian people - their arrival in…

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  • Author: Baird, Charles Washington

Date: 1885

Volume: 1

Language: en

Find in a Library: 8047731

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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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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" -…

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  • Author: Letourneau, Armand
  • Author: Burkhart, Janice
  • Author: Boudreau, Dennis
  • Author: Pommeville, William

Date: 2003

Language:

Find in a Library: 52628325

From the American French Genealogical Society: "AFGS is pleased to offer you this very helpful resource book as a reference and guide book for the genealogist. It is an excellent book for both beginner and experienced researchers in the quest for…

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  • Author: Geyh, Patricia Keeney
  • Author: Soltis Banachowski, Joyce
  • Author: Boyea, Linda
  • Author: Sarasin Ustine, Patricia
  • Author: Holt Bourbonais, Marilyn
  • Author: Ploenske Labelle, Beverly

Date: 2002

Language:

Find in a Library: 49699352

From Ancestry Publishing: "A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian…

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  • 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:…

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  • Author: Chute, Robert M.

Date: 1978 (2002)

Language: fr / en / alg

Find in a Library: 50798858

Originally published in 1978. Regional poetry in English, French, and Passamaquoddy. From the back of the 1982 edition: "'Treize Lunes' est un poème basé sur divers documents retracant la vie de Sébastien Rale, jésuite et savant,…

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  • Author: Boudreau, Amy

Date: 1971 (first printing, 1955)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 579113

Book-length poem on the Acadian expulsion and settlement in the United States, followed by a brief historical sketch of Nova Scotia (modern-day Acadia) and the Acadians in Louisiana. Prefaced with an appreciative letter written by then-Consul General…

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  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 2008

Language: English

Find in a Library: 304550258

From the author's website: "Professor Emeritus Beaupré enjoyed teaching world literature and French Impressionism as well as Post-Impressionism during his college career. Over the years, he developed a special liking for Van Gogh, the man, his…

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