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Evangeline and the Acadians

by Robert Tallant, Corinne Boyd Dillon (Illustrator)

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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.

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Original title: Evangeline and the Acadians
Original publication date: 1957
Important places: New France; Nova Scotia, Canada
Important events: Expulsion of the Acadians (1755-1756)

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Genres: Nonfiction, Kids, Tween
DDC/MDS: 971.6 — History & geography History of North America Canada Nova Scotia and Acadia
LCC: F1038 .T3 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Canada Nova Scotia. Acadia
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

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Languages: English
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Published: 1957
Genres: Nonfiction, Kids, Tween
DDC/MDS: 971.6
LCC: F1038 .T3

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