About this title: On 25 August 1755, the New York Gazette printed a dispatch from Nova Scotia: "We are now upon a great and noble Scheme of sending the neutral French out of this Province, who have always been our secret Enemies..." John Mack Faragher tells the story of the expulsion of 18,000 Acadians in gripping prose. Following specific families through the anguish of their removal, he brings to light a tragic chapter in the settlement of America.
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Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Like New in Very Good + jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall; Mild shelf wear on dj., flaps taped with clear tape to the inside bds. 562 new looking pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393328271ISBN:0393328279
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very small bumped blemish at top edge of front. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 562 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the extremities. There is a small tear on the dust jacket and chipping to the edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393328271ISBN:0393328279
Description: Good in Good jacket. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" HARDCOVER. Ex-library w/usual stamps & stickers. Text clean & bright; binding tight; minor wear to dustjacket. Illustrated. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Very slight edge wear and bumping, looks new binding is straight, text is tight and unmarked. Excellent dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2006-02-01
ISBN-13:9780393328271ISBN:0393328279
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393328271ISBN:0393328279
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket; 123688 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardbound. Book/jacket mint. No PO marks, 562pp, index. Illustrated, maps. How the French acadians were thrown out of Nova Scotia in 1755 for being secret enemies and taking up land... 0393051358. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price clipped. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price clipped. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393051353ISBN:0393051358
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "A GREAT AND NOBLE SCHEME is one of those landmark books that everyone interested in American history will want to read and keeo in his library for children and grandchildren to peruse. It delves deeply and with rueful wisdom into a terrible crime perpetrated by European imperialists and American colonists before they become a nation. John Mack Faragher has replaced the story of EVANGELINE with a narrative that makes all us confront our flawed ... read more
"A bit "chewy" as a read, but absolutely fascinating and amazing scholarship ... The tragic story of the Acadians removal from Nova Scotia in 1755 will break your heart ..."
"Yea! I finally finished it! It was really wonderful and now I am wondering why didn't I learn about this in highschool history or even in my college history classes? This was ethnic cleansing at it's worst. I knew that I was Cajun but now I know where my ancestors come from. It is so sad to know that over 10,000 Acadian's lives were lost in their removal from Nova Scotia. The protestants were not tolerant to any other religions. They removed the Catholic Acadians and then 100 years later they kicked out the Mormons from their homes. This book should be part of American History classes at least at the college level."
"I actually wasn't expecting much of this book, since it was on the remainders pile at the Harvard Bookstore when I picked it up for $4.00 or something. I only bought it because it's the story of the expulsion of the Acadians from their original Nova Scotia homeland, and the history of them before or since.
Since my family is Acadian, it was worth a look for $4.00. Turns out it's an engaging story of colonial North America, mixed with French and British imperial politics, religious conflict, racial prejudice, different relationships with the native Mikmaq of the peninsula, a forgotten angle of New England history, and a convincing condemnation of a distant forerunner of modern ethnic cleansing campaigns, made gentler only because the thousands of deaths it caused were by neglect and accident, not primary intent.
And it was pretty well written too. I'd recommend it, whether or not you're of Acadian heritage, and don't have the cheap thrill of seeing your various family names listed out in the narrative."
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