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A childhood home beside Louisiana's bayous becomes the starting point for Felix Voorhies's account of Acadian exile. Recalling his family's orchards, livestock and winter evenings around the hearth, the narrator introduces the grandmother whose memories supply the story. Her recollections reach back to St. Gabriel in Acadia, where religious devotion, attachment to France and changing political rule shape a community's uncertain future.
The narrative follows families forced from their homes and separated aboard ships, then describes their hopes of reaching Louisiana. In one tense passage, English soldiers halt a group traveling at night and demand allegiance to their king. Presented as a story passed down within a family, the book combines domestic reminiscence with an account of displacement.
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- Author
- Felix Voorhies
- Reading time
- About 50 minutes
- Pages
- 44
- Language
- English
- Genre
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