Papa Martel

Papa Martel

Ten-story chronicle of the fictional Franco-American Martel family in the fictional town of Groveton, Maine, modeled after Lewiston. A touching, funny, and intimate portrayal of family life in the early twentieth century. Most recent version of the text carries an introduction written by Jim Bishop. Honored by the Baxter Society of Portland, Maine, as one of the 100 books best describing Maine's history and people. From a review written by Joe Carr: "Papa Martel, which was originally published by Doubleday in 1961, is the loosely autobiographical story of a Franco-American family, led by Louis Martel. The story is related through the coming of age of his nine children, from 1919 to 1937, with flashbacks to the youthful premarital years of Louis and his future wife Cecile...Papa Martel, a contract carpenter who travels throughout Maine for work, fills his children with stories of Acadie, their ancestral homeland, in a sense binding his family to the much larger 'family' of French in North America." A chapter from Papa Martel entitled, "The Bad One" is also featured in "Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature".

Robichaud, Gerard

Doubleday

1961

English

Book

No

0891011080

239

Garden City, New York

http://www.mainewriter.com/articles/Papa-Martel.htm (a review written by Juliana L'Heureux of the Portland Press Herald)

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