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The Quaint Canadians of New England Towns; Among the Young Girls Fine Dress Is a Mania. All Their Lives the Women Work Hard, but the Native Tongue and Religion Are Not Allowed to be Forgotten.

Author: Wiggin, P.G.

Date: 1901 December 15

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Descriptive, ethnographic New York Times feature article on "French-Canadian women" from youth to old age in New England. The author considers the Franco-American working woman a peculiarly American character, and the French-Canadian American mother…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Bar Harbor ME, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Newport RI

God Is Dead

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?…

Tags: Augusta ME, Bar Harbor ME, Benton ME, Death and Disaster, Fairfield ME, Family, Fiction and Literature, Hallowell ME, Kennebec River Valley, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mexico, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Sudan, Violence, War, Waterville ME

"Nous irons (...nous encore) Ã Old Orchard c't'Ã©tÃ©?" : Popular Culture, the Media, and QuÃ©bÃ©cois Vacationing on the New England Coast

Author: Deslauriers, Pierre

Date: 2002-spr/sum

Volume: 33

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 60628349

Essay on the history and persistence of QuÃ©bÃ©cois vacationing in Maine beach towns, and the relative transitions that both QuÃ©bec tourists and New England beach cultures have made since the beginning of their nearly 150-year relationship in…