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  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 1999

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 43280504

Un roman quasi-autobiographique, sur la vie d'un jeune dans "un petit Canada" de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.

  • Author: Albert, Renaud S.
  • Author: Chabot, Gregoire
  • Author: Dube, Normand C.
  • Author: Pare, Paul

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 9170217

From Robert L. Paris' introduction to the text:"'À Tour de Rôle' is a collection of nine original dramatic skits in French, of twenty to forty-five minutes duration each. These skits can be used in bilingual classes at the secondary level and…

  • Author: Beaupré, Normand R.

Date: 2009

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 463283976

Une anthologie des contes et histoires franco-américaines, écrits par et pour le franco-américanie. A self-proclaimed fictional companion to the recently published Franco-American reader, "Voyages," "proclamer notre appartenance au monde…

  • 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: Tetreau Brandt, Claire
  • Author: McCune Irvine, Patricia

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find in a Library: 123028893

Biography of a Franco-American girl growing up in Southern Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century.

  • Author: Stewart, Sharon

Date: 2004

Language: English (traduction en français est disponible)

Find in a Library: 54371823

A children's book about the Acadian expulsion of 1754 (le Grand Dérangement). From Scholastic Canada: "Angélique Richard's life is turned upside down when she and her family, along with the people of Grand-Pré, are forced by the…

  • 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: Seton, Anya

Date: 1975 (2010)

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1272590, 642838990

Young adult novel heavily influenced by the tale of "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Seton's final novel, originally published in 1975. Republished in 2010. From Chicago Review Press: "Anya Seton, whose many novels won her world-wide…

  • Author: Robichaud, Gerard

Date: 1965

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 13791938

Robichaud returns to the Groveton Falls, Maine, town of his most famous novel, "Papa Martel," in the story of an orphaned Michel Dumont - a boy concerned with absolution for a benign theft as he overhears of the coming end of the world. "Apple" is…

  • Author: Plourde, Lynn

Date: 2008

Language: English

Find in a Library: 185095384

Another children's book from this Winthrop, Maine, author. A story about the treasure of reading and the value of community. From the inside cover: "One town's trash becomes the dump man's treasure in this inspiring tale by award-winning author Lynn…

  • Author: Plourde, Lynn
  • Author: Aardema, John (illustrator)

Date: 2010

Language: English

Find in a Library: 283802679

Children's book from Winthrop, Maine, author, about wintry weather, the magic behind it, and what happens when the magic is lost. Contains a lesson on weather and the environment. From Down East Books: "Why are there no good snowstorms this year?…

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 1982

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8222606

One of the stories in Plante's New England Franco-American family trilogy, The Francouer Novels. From Atheneum: "As Daniel Francoeur completes his freshman year at college and begins his sophomore year, he recalls his last summer before going to…

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 1988

Language: English

Find in a Library: 17297564

From Atheneum: "In rebellion against his traditional heritage, Philip Francoeur marries Jenny, a Protestant who personifies the modern emancipated woman, and must confront their restless daughter, Antoinette, who is torn between two powerful…

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 1981

Language: English

Find in a Library: 7727537

Another of Plante's Francouer Novels. From Beacon Press: "First published in 1981 to wide acclaim, 'The Country' follows the last visits of a son, Daniel Francoeur, to his parents' home before the death of his father. Wanting to understand this…

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 1986

Language: English

Find in a Library: 13094722

From Atheneum: "Set in Boston in the sixties, Daniel Francoeur is featured in this exploration of Catholicism and sexual obsession and of the conflicting demands and constraints they impose."

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 55131479

A memoir from prose writer David Plante. An exploration of identity with respect to language, the power of Catholic traditions, and the pull of sex, moving with the author from his Providence, Rhode Island, hometown through Europe and back again.…

  • Author: Plante, David

Date: 2007

Language: English

Find in a Library: 77504854

From Pantheon Books, Random House: "An original and radiant novel about grief, obsession, and the need for meaning from the author of 'The Family,' a finalist for the National Book Award. When his young son dies in a freak accident, Gerard struggles…

  • Author: Pipyn, Michel

Date: 1965

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 7294218

Un livre (en trois parties) illustré pour jeunes gens qui apprennent le français. La première partie est un histoire d'un vieil homme et son petit grandson, la deuxième partie est un drame dans les lignes pour être jouer par les…

  • 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…

  • Author: Paré, Paul

Date: 2008

Language: English

Find in a Library: 603676674

From the author: "How does a recently widowed, 50-year old man work his way through his mid-life crisis? He flies to Palm Springs and checks himself into a gay resort, of course. Well-crafted, with complex and compelling characters, this novel…

  • Author: Paradis King, Annette

Date: 2002

Language: English

Find in a Library: None (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, University of Maine, Orono, Maine)

Biography of a father from his daughter's point of view, set in the context of Old Town, Maine, in the first half of the 20th century. From the author: "'Growing Up On Academy Hill' honors [King's] father who encouraged all six of his children to…

  • 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…

  • Author: Meloy, Maile

Date: 2003

Language: English

Find in a Library: 50591256

From Simon and Schuster: "With her first novel, 'Liars and Saints,' award-winning author Maile Meloy more than delivers on the promise of her highly acclaimed debut story collection, 'Half in Love.' This richly textured novel tells a story of sex…

  • Author: McKinnon, K. C.
  • Author: Pelletier, Cathie

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 393999054

A Fort Kent, Maine, novel by author K.C. McKinnon (a pseudonym for the writer Cathie Pelletier). From Fantastic Fiction: "In 'Candles on Bay Street,' K. C. McKinnon immerses readers in the rhythms of small-town life in Fort Kent, Maine, a close-knit…

  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1963

Language: English

Find in a Library: 5887038

Auto/biographical novel about Gerard - Jack Kerouac's older brother - whose personality, illness, and death at a young age shaped the early part of Jack's life. An early piece of the "Duluoz Legend."

  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1959

Language:

Find in a Library: 28534657

Novel set at the end of Jack's high school days, chronicling an episode of teenage love and the tensions wrought on it when one moves on. Written in and out of the Lowell, Massachusetts of Kerouac's youth. Another piece of Jack Kerouac's…

  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1959

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6082499

Find Online: OL65937W

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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…

  • Author: Edwards, John R.

Date: 1973

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Psychology

Institution: McGill University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 61546613

Read: Full text

From Edwards: "A French-English bilingual education programme in Northern Vermont was studied to investigate its effects upon the French-speaking children. Data was presented showing the decline in French usage in the area, and the gradual…

  • Author: Campagna, Dominique

Date: 1960

Language:

Find in a Library: 3271013

A blank, illustrated text and family tree (with some commentary) to be filled-in with one's own genealogy.