(As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) The New England forces (comprised of American colonists) burnt the Acadian settlements and shipped thousands into exile. Massachussetts Governor ...

It was how Acadians had lived and survived on the run for more than a century after losing their lands and homes. It wasn’t the events of the exile that caught people’s throat as Longfellow ...

Since her recent passing, there are many references to her winning France’s much coveted Goncourt Prize, the first non-European to do so for her novel about the Acadian exile: Pelagie La Charette.