Great and Noble Scheme The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians From

Name: Great and Noble Scheme The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians From
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ISBN: 9780393328271

ISBN-10: 0393328279

ISBN-13: 9780393328271

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Authors: John Mack Faragher

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"Altogether superba worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."Kirkus Reviews, starred review In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutralityto live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and Englandhad been one of the founding values of Acadia; its settlers traded and intermarried freely with native Mkmaq Indians and English Protestants alike. But the Acadians' refusal to swear unconditional…

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List price: $23.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.19" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English