Growing Up On Academy Hill: Remembering My French-Canadian-American Papa
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Title
Growing Up On Academy Hill: Remembering My French-Canadian-American Papa
Description
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 finish high school, a not-so-common achievement for those hard times. Recalling his ideology Annette wrote: 'My father was born with an inexhaustible desire to feel the earth passing through his fingers, to smell newly plowed fields warmed by sunlight. Every spring he pointed joyfully to new beginnings, and with enthusiasm taught us the basics of all beauty. From one corner of a small piece of land to the other, we observed as children, life through his eyes.' A brother's thoughts: 'We were not from a very touchy-feely" kind of family. However, our parents were not unloving, it was simply an unspoken love that was shared. I never heard Papa say, "I love you" to my mother, my sisters, or me. I never saw Papa kiss Mama. Yet the feeling of love was pervasive when I was a child.'"
Creator
Paradis King, Annette
Publisher
Self-published
Date
2002
Language
English
Type
Book
Identifier
None (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, University of Maine, Orono, Maine)
Coverage
20th century, Old Town, Maine
Contribution Form
Online Submission
No
Zotero
Num Pages
104
Place
Gouldsboro, Maine