| A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland Contributor(s): Faragher, John Mack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393328279 ISBN-13: 9780393328271 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Drawing on original primary research, Faragher follows specific Acadian families through the anguish of their removal and brings to light a tragic chapter in the settlement of America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 971.601 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.5" W x 8" (1.20 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Nova Scotia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 neutrality; to live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England; had been one of the founding values of Acadia; its settlers traded and intermarried freely with native Mikmaq Indians and English Protestants alike. But the Acadians' refusal to swear unconditional allegiance to the British Crown in the mid-eighteenth century gave New Englanders, who had long coveted Nova Scotia's fertile farmland, pretense enough to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. John Mack Faragher draws on original research to weave 150 years of history into a gripping narrative of both the civilization of Acadia and the British plot to destroy it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Faragher, John Mack: - John Mack Faragher is the Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of History and American Studies at Yale. He is the author of many books on American history, including a biography of Daniel Boone that received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. |