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ACADIANS - People of the Maritimes by Henri-Dominique Paratte (revised and expanded edition) Second edition 1998
A 225 page book on the Acadians. The author Henri-Dominique Paratte traces the origins of the Acadians in France, their settlement and cultural patterns throughout the Maritime (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) region and their expulsion in 1755. The return to the Maritimes and their political struggles are also covered, as are the Acadian contributions.
Black and white photos: Hermenegilde Chiasson, Muriel Roy, Michel Bastarache, Melvin Gallant, Claude Roussel, Antonine Maillet, Louis-Joseph Robichaud, Leger Comeau, Marguerite Michaud, Gilbert Finn, Pascal Poirier, Bernardin Comeau, Phil Comeau, Michael Henry - Regis Brun - Gerald Leblanc and Hermenegilde Chiasson, Dyane Leger, Father Clarence d’Entremont, Germaine Comeau, Desire d’Eon, Felix Thibodeau, Arthur LeBlanc, Eric Surette, Calixte Duguay, Edith Butler, Georges Arsenault, Anne-Marie Comeau, Pere Anseleme Chiasson, Johnny Comeau, Gervais Benoit, Celebrating Tintamarre in Caraquet, Edith Comeau-Tufts, Jeannine Landry-Theriault, Bernard Valcourt, Jean-Maurice Simard, Aldea Landry, Guy LeBlanc, Jean-Denis Comeau, Pere Maurice LeBlanc, Euclide Chiasson, Claude Le Bouthillier. *
Brief biographies on: Joseph Broussard 1702-1765 * Mathurin Bourg 1744-1797 * Venerande Robichaux 1753-1839 * Marcel-Francois Richard 1847-1915 * Pascal Poirier 1852-1933, *Emilie Leblanc 1863-1935 * Albert Sormany * Marguerite Michaud * Arthur Leblanc * Gilbert Finn * Mgr. Robichaud * Clement Cormier * Anselme Chiassson * Leger Comeau * Martin Legere * Muriel Roy * Gerard LaForest * Louis-Joseph Robichaud * Antonine Maillet * Viola Leger * Claude Roussel * Melvin Gallant * Edith Butler * Michael Bastarache * Claude Bourque * Hermenegilde Chiasson *Romeo LeBlanc *
Another title in the series of Peoples of the Maritimes “ACADIANS” by Henri-Dominique Paratte. Revised and expanded edition (1998). 225 pages 6 x 9. Soft cover. Condition - Very Good almost as new.
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