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  • Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine

Date: 1937

Language: en

Find in a Library: 255008

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State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of…

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  • Author: Lévesque, Aurore Nadeau

Date: 1984

Language: Français

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Van Lent, Peter C.

Date: 1988

Language: en

Find in a Library: 20845209

Find Online: OL1782127M

A professor of folklore offers here a study of the Franco Americans in northern New York state. He explores the themes of religion, family, work, and language, and interrogates their symbols in the folklore and folk art of Malone, New York and a…

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  • 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.

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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: Dubé, Normand

Date: 1979

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 7216897

Un livre pour les enfants avec des exercices phonétiques pour pratiquer le français. C'est une histoire sur le vieil bonhomme et raconteur qui s'appelle Papineau. "Papineau" est un de quatre histoires dans la petite collection "Au pays des…

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  • Author: Dubé, Normand

Date: 1979

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 45181109

Un livre pour les enfants sur un personnage mythique du folklore québécois et franco-américain. Deux enfants qui demandent la question, "Qui est le bonhomme sept heures?" Un des quatre histoires dans la petite collection "Au pays des…

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  • Author: Dorson, Richard

Date: 1964

Language: English

Find in a Library: 492749

From University of Chicago Press: "Their tales, songs, riddles, proverbs, games, superstitions, and customs provide a wealth of living folklore presented here as it was recorded in the field. And this unvarnished folklore fact retains the spicy…

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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: Blanchette, Michel A.

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 67294624

Self-published memoir about life in Québec, and life after Québec. From iUniverse: "Michel learns that his father is dying. This news precipitates a nostalgic journey into the past-a childhood spent on a dairy farm in French Québec. As a…

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  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 2002

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 48942668

Passages of inventive folklore that indulge in the mysterious characteristics of water and light. D'Editions JCL: "[Beaupré] utilise l'eau et la lumiere comme ingrédients magiques pour créer des êtres et des lieux qui donneront la vie aux…

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  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 2006

Language: Français (English translation available)

Find in a Library: 122931605

A monologue on life and love, written in the French vernacular of Biddeford, Maine. Based on a Southern Maine character from an earlier of Beaupré's novels, "Le Petit Mangeur de Fleurs" (1999). De Llumina Press: "[La Souillonne] se 'debourre…

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  • Author: Amsbary, Wallace Bruce

Date: 1904

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1497192

Find Online: OL13801811W

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Folkloric ballads written in the Illinois French vernacular of the early 20th century.The introduction reads, "the ballads of Bourbonnais were written in the hope of preserving, if possible, the dialect of the Illinois French-Canadian."

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  • Author: Voisine, Connie

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 45243749

From University of Pittsburgh Press: "Winner of the 1999 Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Poetry. Set against a fantastic backdrop of religious imagery, myth and dreams, science fiction, and the stark realities of a northern factory town,…

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  • Author: Sage, Doris
  • Author: Stauffer, Ann Tholen

Date: 1976

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 1439951

A collection of Franco-American folklore from the northern communities of the state of Vermont. From the foreword to the text: "We have tried to assemble here some of the folklore of the French-American that we have been able to find in the past year…

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  • Author: Roche, François (rédacteur)

Date: 1981

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8172157

Une anthologie des contes, poèmes, essaies, et images qui commencent à illustrer le fait franco Nouvelle-Angleterre du 20e siècle.

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  • Author: Pipyn, Michel

Date: 197[?]

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 7213070

Un livre pour les enfants en deux parties. Dans la première partie, l'histoire principale, une fille se promene dans le bois maudit au pied de la plus haut colline dans sa petite ville, et elle trouve un surprise. La deuxième partie est…

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien
  • Author: Parent, Michael

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 34776071

French folklore in North America with an explanation of popular images and themes, as well as a glossary of vernacular terms in translation. From August House Publishers: "In 'Of Kings and Fools' Julien Olivier and Michael Parent recount the stories…

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  • Author: Dubé, Normand
  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8501870

De l'introduction: "On trouvera dans ce livre huit pièces qui, malgré leurs différences, ont tout de même une source commune, la vie et la culture franco-américaines. Ces pièces ont été groupées ici d'après quatre…

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1979

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8528478

Une introduction aux études de folklore, centrée à celles caracteristiques typique de l'histoire franco-américain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Contient des histoires orales, musique locale, anciens remèdes naturels, et la poèsie.

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  • Author: Nadeau, IreÌ€ne Daigle

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 49083488

Un livre des poèmes sur la vie ancienne de Madawaska, dans le Nouveau Brunswick. Contient les titres "Le savon, "Les boeufs," "La prohibition," etc.

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  • Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Date: 1897 (1847)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27193052

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Maine native Longfellow's epic poem about "le Grand Dérangement" - the Acadian Expulsion - and one Acadian woman's search for her love lost. First published in 1847.

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  • Author: Lacroix, BenoiÌ‚t

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8345159

De l'avant-propos: "Le père Benoit Lacroix, O.P., avec toute la lucidité qu'on lui connait, a su, lui aussi, plonger dans la profondeur de l'âme du pecheur pour essayer d'en decouvrir le phénomène religieux maritime; et, en bon…

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  • Author: Labonté, Robert

Date: 1992

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 27851198

Une grande texte qui contient des photos, poèsie, quelques recettes populaires, et des vieux blagues de la vallée St. Jean dans le comté Aroostook du Maine, sur la frontière des Etats-Unis et la Nouveau-Brunswick.

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  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1959

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6082499

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The spaces and tenements of Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1930s are prowled by a mythic, devilish character in the 'Doctor Sax' of the narrator's imagination. A weaving of real and fantastical images from the Lowell of Kerouac's youth. This title is…

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  • Author: Pidacks, Adrienne Marie

Date: 2008-08-00

Thesis Type: M.A., Communications

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 314172114

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From the author: "The poem 'Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1847, has had an impact on people for generations. The success of the poem was felt not only by its readership but also by the Acadian culture that…

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  • Author: Lane, Brigitte Marie

Date: 1983

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Harvard University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 21874384

From Lane: "Being Americans of French-Canadian descent, the Franco-Americans of New England possess a rich and original traditional culture which has been little documented up to now, especially in English....As a result, this dissertation, which is…

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  • Author: Hample, Henry S.

Date: 1998

Thesis Type: M.A., Music

Institution: Brown University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 41133988

Ethnographic study of Franco American folk music and performance in Rhode Island.

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  • Author: Desjardins, Lise A.

Date: 1995

Thesis Type: M.S., Nursing

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 34127818

From the author: "The purpose of this thesis was to explore and describe the health and illness beliefs of a Franco-American community in Northern Maine. A major assumption of this study was that culture impacts all aspects of life and therefore…

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