Author: Anna Kadak Keller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781413471076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Acadians had a long and arduous journey from their paradise in Nova Scotia (Nouvelle-Écosse) with their expulsion and diaspora by the British. Tossed to the winds like seeds of grass they finally took root settling and finding peace and prosperity in the rich alluvial lands of South Louisiana. Étienne Guédry, who was content in Cobiquid, Nova Scotia, but who was subjected to threat, flight with his wife and two small children to Île Saint-Jean, in 1758 was captured by the British when the last remaining French stronghold at Fortresse de Louisbourg fell. Exiled with them to St. Malo, France were his friends from Cobiquid, Jean-Baptiste Hébert, Pierre Saulnier and family, and Gabriel Melanson with his wife Ysabelle and his teenage sister, Anne. Étienne mourned the deaths of his wife and children in France. He eventually remarried and his final voyage to la Louisiane (Louisiana) with his second family was by the benevolence of Spain after twenty-seven years of living in abject poverty. In Louisiana his line flourished and prospered. They reclaimed paradise in Nouvelle Acadie. (New Acadia) Like many others he settled his family on Bayou Lafourche, receiving the customary land grant from Spain of about one acre wide and in depth to the marshlands. He was given provisions: seeds, tools, a few livestock, and all needed to begin this new life. He was successful in his"strip farm" and in succeeding generations his descendants became prosperous as their holdings grew with the planting of sugar cane, rice, cattle ranching, and in the twentieth century, the oil industry. They were now called Cadiens. (Cajuns) This is a story of how the people known as Cajuns became a living monument to human fortitude and the will for survival. From their ancestors through the centuries echoes the cry, "N´oubliez pas!"....We don´t forget! -A.K. Keller
Belle Terre Acadie
Author: Anna Kadak Keller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781413471076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Acadians had a long and arduous journey from their paradise in Nova Scotia (Nouvelle-Écosse) with their expulsion and diaspora by the British. Tossed to the winds like seeds of grass they finally took root settling and finding peace and prosperity in the rich alluvial lands of South Louisiana. Étienne Guédry, who was content in Cobiquid, Nova Scotia, but who was subjected to threat, flight with his wife and two small children to Île Saint-Jean, in 1758 was captured by the British when the last remaining French stronghold at Fortresse de Louisbourg fell. Exiled with them to St. Malo, France were his friends from Cobiquid, Jean-Baptiste Hébert, Pierre Saulnier and family, and Gabriel Melanson with his wife Ysabelle and his teenage sister, Anne. Étienne mourned the deaths of his wife and children in France. He eventually remarried and his final voyage to la Louisiane (Louisiana) with his second family was by the benevolence of Spain after twenty-seven years of living in abject poverty. In Louisiana his line flourished and prospered. They reclaimed paradise in Nouvelle Acadie. (New Acadia) Like many others he settled his family on Bayou Lafourche, receiving the customary land grant from Spain of about one acre wide and in depth to the marshlands. He was given provisions: seeds, tools, a few livestock, and all needed to begin this new life. He was successful in his"strip farm" and in succeeding generations his descendants became prosperous as their holdings grew with the planting of sugar cane, rice, cattle ranching, and in the twentieth century, the oil industry. They were now called Cadiens. (Cajuns) This is a story of how the people known as Cajuns became a living monument to human fortitude and the will for survival. From their ancestors through the centuries echoes the cry, "N´oubliez pas!"....We don´t forget! -A.K. Keller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781413471076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Acadians had a long and arduous journey from their paradise in Nova Scotia (Nouvelle-Écosse) with their expulsion and diaspora by the British. Tossed to the winds like seeds of grass they finally took root settling and finding peace and prosperity in the rich alluvial lands of South Louisiana. Étienne Guédry, who was content in Cobiquid, Nova Scotia, but who was subjected to threat, flight with his wife and two small children to Île Saint-Jean, in 1758 was captured by the British when the last remaining French stronghold at Fortresse de Louisbourg fell. Exiled with them to St. Malo, France were his friends from Cobiquid, Jean-Baptiste Hébert, Pierre Saulnier and family, and Gabriel Melanson with his wife Ysabelle and his teenage sister, Anne. Étienne mourned the deaths of his wife and children in France. He eventually remarried and his final voyage to la Louisiane (Louisiana) with his second family was by the benevolence of Spain after twenty-seven years of living in abject poverty. In Louisiana his line flourished and prospered. They reclaimed paradise in Nouvelle Acadie. (New Acadia) Like many others he settled his family on Bayou Lafourche, receiving the customary land grant from Spain of about one acre wide and in depth to the marshlands. He was given provisions: seeds, tools, a few livestock, and all needed to begin this new life. He was successful in his"strip farm" and in succeeding generations his descendants became prosperous as their holdings grew with the planting of sugar cane, rice, cattle ranching, and in the twentieth century, the oil industry. They were now called Cadiens. (Cajuns) This is a story of how the people known as Cajuns became a living monument to human fortitude and the will for survival. From their ancestors through the centuries echoes the cry, "N´oubliez pas!"....We don´t forget! -A.K. Keller
Disenchanting Les Bons Temps
Author: Charles J. Stivale
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330202
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
DIVPresents the complex and conflicting views of Cajun cultural heritage, identities, and their manifestation in musical and dance expression./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330202
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
DIVPresents the complex and conflicting views of Cajun cultural heritage, identities, and their manifestation in musical and dance expression./div
The Seamstress of Acadie
Author: Laura Frantz
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493444794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands. As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493444794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands. As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.
The Spell of Acadia
Author: Frank Oliver Call
Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page
ISBN:
Category : Acadia
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page
ISBN:
Category : Acadia
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Maps and History
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300086935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Explores the role, development, and nature of the atlas and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300086935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Explores the role, development, and nature of the atlas and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America (Acadia)
Author: Nicolas Denys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Waves
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Acadie de 1686 a 1784
Author: Naomi Griffiths
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773574263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Acadie de 1686 a 1784".
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773574263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Acadie de 1686 a 1784".
Acadie
Author: Suzanne Le Toquin-Vinet
Publisher: Vannes : impr. Déwatine
ISBN:
Category : Acadia
Languages : fr
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: Vannes : impr. Déwatine
ISBN:
Category : Acadia
Languages : fr
Pages : 128
Book Description
Acadian Awakenings: France & Acadie
Author: William Dawson Gerrior
Publisher: Hatchet Lake, N.S. : Port Royal Pub.
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
A one-name study of Girouard families who emigrated from France and settled in Canada and Louisiana.
Publisher: Hatchet Lake, N.S. : Port Royal Pub.
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
A one-name study of Girouard families who emigrated from France and settled in Canada and Louisiana.