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Acadian Memorial Wall of Names
Acadian Memorial Wall of Names lists all Acadian refugees who came to Louisiana. Bi-lingual fr./Eng.
$10+ sales tax & shipping
Rotary Cookbook
Rotary's Coookbook of St. Martinville
Les Delices de la Cuisine Louisianaise
A unique cookbook which represents the best of cooking - "Cajun Style". Produced by the Rotary Clucb. All recipes are in English and French.
$12+ sales tax & shipping
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Special Commemorative Edition by Françoise Paradis, Ed.D. Beautifully illustrated with old lithographs and recent paintings. Includes a historical sketch of Acadians in North America, a pronunciation guide, and a comprehensive glossary. Fiction, Hardcover, 187 pages, 2004.
$23+ sales tax & shipping
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A new publication of The Acadian Memorial Foundation, Inc. Published to provide visitors of the Acadian Memorial and St. Martinville with a keepsake of Longfellow's epic poem as it first appeared in 1847. Includes information on the literary impact of Evangeline on the city of St. Martinville and the parish of St. Martin. Fiction, Softcover, Wrapped, 108 pages, 2014.
$10+ sales tax & shipping
Pouponne et Balthazar by Sidonie de la Houssaye; translated, with an introduction by J. John Perret
Story of two Acadian lovers separated during the Grand Derangement. Using Longfellow's model of Evangeline, Mdme. Delahoussaye created a controversy that resulted in Voorhies book, Acadian Reminiscences. Fiction, Softcover, 112 pages, 1983.
$4+ sales tax & shipping
Acadian Reminiscences: The True Story of Evangeline
By Judge Felix Voorhies, originally published in 1907, this WLC Books reprint by Felix Birney Voorhies is a tribute to his grandfather who wrote the local story that kept the Acadian story alive in St. Martinville. Fiction, Softcover, 2009
$5+ sales tax & shipping
1896 in Le Petit Paris, Turning the Century in Southwest Louisiana
Lawrence Capuder, Sr., comp. & ed. Reproduction of original 1896 St. Martin Parish Chamber of Commerce booklet highlighting merchants of St. Martinville, Breaux Bridge and Arnaudville with annotated index of featured persons and their families including some biographical information. Softcover, 74 pages, 1999.
$5+ sales tax & shipping
Blazonry on the Bayou, Winston de Ville, ed
Published by Friends of La Maison Duchamp to showcase coats-of-arms of eight St. Martinville families of European descent on display at La Maison Duchamp. Includes a three-generation genealogy of each familyrepresented: DeBlanc, DeClouet, Delahoussaye, Dauterive, Duchamp, Ducrest, Olivier and Voorhies. Softcover, Wrapped, 59 pages, 2000.
$5+ sales tax & shipping
Lt.-Col. John Winslow’s List of Acadians in the Grand Pré Area in 1755
By Parcs Canada
Lt.-Col. John Winslow, the British officer in charge of deporting Acadians from Grand Pré made this list to know how many Acadians were in the region and how much livestock there was to be confiscated. Paperback
$5+ sales tax & shipping
Dykes & Aboiteaux
By Parcs Canada
This booklet tells the story of the elaborate sluice innovation that allowed the Acadians to cultivate the vast Bay of Fundy marshlands for over one hundred years. Flip side French and English paperback
$5+ sales tax & shipping
The Deportation of the Acadians
This booklet describes the tragic events surrounding the deportation of the Acadian people from Grand-Pré in October 1755. Includes Acadian migration to other countries. Flip side French and English paperback.
$5+ sales tax & shipping
Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History
By Shane K. Bernard
This book traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. Written for junior-high and high-school students, it will inform and appeal to adult readers as well. Hardcover.
$24+ sales tax & shipping
Teche - A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou
By Shane K. Bernard
Called "An extraordinary engagement with the colorful history of a storied inland waterway" the book examines this legendary waterway in detail with a bonus description of the author's own canoe journey down its 125-mile course. Hardcover. 256 pages.
$25+ sales tax & shipping
Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Brossard to the Queen's Royal Proclamation
By Warren A. Perrin
Called the first biography of an Acadian exile, this book defines the 18th century society of Acadia into which Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard was born in 1702. Named Commandant of the Attakapas Post in 1765, he died before he could realize the fruits of his struggle. Paperback. 175 pages.
$20+ sales tax & shipping
Acadie Then and Now: A People’s History
By Warren A. Perrin, Mary B. Perrin, Phil Comeau
An international collection of articles from 50 authors that chronicles the historical and contemporary realities of the Acadian and Cajun people worldwide. Paperback. 496 pages.
$25+ sales tax & shipping
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