For anyone I’ve bored with stories of the 1755 ethnic cleansing of my ancestors — which is to say, for everyone I’ve had more than two beers with — here’s a good summary review of John Mack Faragher’s just-released A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland.
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02 March | 23:00 | Matt M.
Looks like Salon has a very lengthy review of the book as well.
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