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  • Author: Simoneau, Irene M.

Date: 2008 October

Language: English

Find in a Library: None (full text available here)

Presentation made at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bangor, Maine, by a former Ph. D. candidate in Canadian-American history at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The presentation is, as the author calls it, a "spiritual autobiography," exploring…

  • Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1984

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10915093

Third novel of the "Darby Series," and the only installment currently out of print. From Google Books: "Plans to build a large shopping mall in rural Darby, New Hampshire, provoke new alliances and rivalries among the town's aristocrats, newcomers,…

  • Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1993

Language: English

Find in a Library: 28066130

Second and fourth novels in Hebert's Darby series, with a new essay included. From the University Press of New England: (A Little More Than Kin) "Evicted from the New Hampshire shack he proudly called home, Ollie Jordan--ignorant, ingenious, angry,…

  • Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1979

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4492057

The first piece of Hebert's "Darby Series" - five novels set in a fictional town in rural New Hampshire. From University Press of New England: "Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New…

  • Author: Shreve, Anita

Date: 2000

Language: English

Find in a Library: 41991464

From Little, Brown, and Company: "Everywhere hailed for its emotional intensity and unflagging narrative momentum, this magnificent novel transports us to the turn of the twentieth century, to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the…

  • Author: Robert, Adolphe

Date: 1949

Publication: Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française

Volume: 2

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 1764125

Un revue de la Nouvelle Angleterre sur une collection des littératures franco-américaines jusqu'au présent (1949). Contiens une bibliographie d'oeuvres publiés.

  • Author: Poulin, Jacques

Date: 2003

Language: English (traduction du français)

Find in a Library: 52942945

The author of "Volkswagen Blues" takes us on a veritable walking-tour of Québec City in this novel about a relationship between a public writer and an experimental therapist. In the text you will also find implicit references to "Volkswagen…

  • Author: Poteet, Maurice (rédacteur)

Date: 1987

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 19724424

De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des pièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonnière,…

  • Author: Poulin, Clarence

Date: 1966

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2457338

Book of poems from a New Hampshire writer.

  • Author: Pelletier, Susann
  • Author: Tagliabue, John

Date: 1989

Language: English

Find in a Library: 20575173

Book of poems from Lewiston, Maine, native.

  • Author: Metalious, Grace

Date: 1956

Language: English

Find in a Library: 289487

From Messner Books: "The story of a repressive New England town known for its high standards of public morality, and the steamy sexual activities that take place behind its bedroom doors. While the town's rigid mores lead to hypocrisy and repression,…

  • Author: Metalious, Grace

Date: 1963

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1289572

Novel about the French-Canadian Bergeron family, its transition and adaption into American society through work and community in upstate New York. Written by the author of the story, "Peyton Place," that became the basis for a long-running television…

  • Author: Metalious, George
  • Author: O'Shea, June

Date: 1965

Language: English

Find in a Library: 5315878

A biography of the New Hampshire author, Grace Metalious, whose works include "Peyton Place," "The Tight White Collar," and "No Adam in Eden."

  • Author: L'Heureux, John

Date: 2002

Language: English

Find in a Library: 49421619

From Grove/Atlantic Press: "John L’Heureux has been acclaimed as '[a] master storyteller . . . elegant, cunning, and wickedly funny' (The Washington Post). Now, in a pitch-perfect, deeply satisfying work of fiction, he enters the world of an…

  • Author: Péloquin-Faré, Louise

Date: 1981

Thesis Type: D.M.L.

Institution: Middlebury College

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 17760529

From the author: "In the first part of the dissertation, we analyze the institutions which traditionally favored bilingualism: the family, the parochial school, the Catholic parish, the social environment, the media and other organisms such as mutual…

  • Author: Stelling, Louis E.

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Linguistics

Institution: State University of New York at Albany

Language: en

Find in a Library: 291091271

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From the author: "Although the originally French speaking Franco-American communities of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island, have much in common historically, language shift toward English has advanced to differing degrees in…

  • Author: Kelley, Henry Edward

Date: 1980

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Linguistics

Institution: Cornell University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 13275797

From the author: "The first section of the present study consists of a historical survey of the Franco-American community, examining those factors, such as the existence of a network of bilingual parochial schools, which were significant for language…

  • Author: Doane, Ashley W., Jr

Date: 1983

Thesis Type: M.A., Sociology

Institution: University of New Hampshire

Language: en

Find in a Library: 10353021

Exploration of the relationship between Franco-American ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the state of New Hampshire. Doane's research revolves around questions of class characteristics and ethnic group interests.

  • Author: Hickey, John

Date: 1976

Language:

Find in a Library: 3269655

Compilation of information on resources, repositories, references, and research tools available for the study of Franco American history and cultural identity in New England. Lists specific archival collections and their locations; library…

  • Author: VIcero, Ralph

Date: 1971

Publication: Recherches sociographiques

Volume: 12

Language:

Find in a Library: 12180837

Un essai qui examine le matériel historique et scolaire qui est disponible sur les canadiens français qui ont voyagé aux Etats-Unis avant 1900. Le deuxieme partie, "Le recensement," est une examination d'un de ceux matériels specifiques…

  • Author: Podea, Iris Saunders

Date: 1950-09

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 23

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480428964

Brief 1950 essay on French-Canadian migration from agriculturally-failing Québec to the New England states during the period of North American industrialization, from the Civil War and after. Also featured in Leonard Dinnerstein's "The Aliens: A…

  • Author: Monteiro, George

Date: 1960-01-00

Volume: 73

Language: en

Find in a Library: 482723018

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Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New…

  • Author: MacDonald, William

Date: 1898-04

Publication: The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479765552

Introduction to French-Canadian immigration to New England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Observations on distribution of population by town and the organization of Catholic parishes. Written by a professor at Bowdoin College,…

  • Author: Lower, A.R.M.

Date: 1929-04

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480335685

Essay-like general sketch of the histories of New England and New France as they move into the migration of French Canadians to the United States around the turn of the 20th century. Some comments on the general intentions of French Canadian…

  • Author: Kalijarvi, T.V.

Date: 1942-01

Publication: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volume: 223

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479889934

Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.

  • Author: Jacobson, Phyllis L.

Date: 1984 April

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 57

Language:

Find in a Library: 481493127

Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England.…

  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1939 June

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480378034

Article on the early-twentieth-century establishment of Franco American social organizations, and their implications for cultural heritage preservation, or the idea of "la survivance." Refers to already-established social organizations in Québec…