[publisher: Random House, New York] Hardcover First Edition Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. The dustjacket is a bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- The tale of the Acadians and their exile from Nova Scotia plays against the backdrop of one of literature's premier love stories in this prose presentation. . .See photos for additional content. . .
[St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1957]
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Pelican, Date: 2000. Third printing. Trade paperback. Good +. 2000. Pelican ISBN 1565540905 9781565540903 [CA]

ISBN10: 1565540905, ISBN13: 9781565540903, [publisher: Pelican Publishing Co, Gretna, LA] Softcover Paperback. The tragic story of the Acadians has been immortalised in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem Evangeline. Much of the poet's account was fictional, but in Evangeline and the Acadians, Robert Tallant tells with drama and sympathy what actually happened to the ill-fated French colonists of Acadia. In 1755, the English drove the Acadians from their beloved country. For years the homeless Acadians wandered. Some finally reached France, the French West Indies, or other places they could call home, but most headed south for New Orleans, where they found a haven among other French-speaking people. After exploring the Acadians' plight, the author examines the strides they have made as citizens of Louisiana who have ventured into the fields of business, medicine, politics, and more. The tragic story of the Acadians has been immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem "Evangeline". Much of the poet's account was fictional, but in this text the author tells what actually happened to the ill-fated French colonists of Acadia. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2000]