a ACADIAN REBIRTH article

Cultures of Acadiana
a look at the French, Cajun, Creole, and Native American cultures of south Louisiana
(a project of Carencro High School - 721 West Butcher Switch Road, Lafayette, LA  70507)

Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, April 27, 1999

Acadian Rebirth: Further Reading

by Jim Bradshaw

  • Acadian Reminiscences, Judge Felix Voorhies, E.P. Rivas, New Orleans, 1907
  • A Refuge for All Ages: Immigration in Louisiana History, Carl A. Brasseaux, editor, The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, Vol. X, Center for Louisiana Studies, USL, Lafayette, 1996
  • Cabanocey, The History, Customs and Folklore of St. James Parish, Lillian C. Bourgeois, Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, 1987
  • "French Charities to the Acadians, 1755-1769," Shelby T. McCloy, The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3, July 1938
  • Louisiana Sojurns, Travelers' Tales and Literary Journeys, Frank De Caro, editor, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1998
  • Quest for the Promised Land, Official Correspondence Relating to the First Acadian Migration to Louisiana, 1764-1769, Carl A. Brasseaux, editor, Center for Louisiana Studies, USL, Lafayette, 1989
  • Revolt in Louisiana: The Spanish Occupation, 1766-1770, John Preston Moore, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1976
  • Scattered to the Wind: Dispersal and Wanderings of the Acadians, 1755-1809, Carl A. Brasseaux, Center for Louisiana Studies, USL, Lafayette, 1991
  • The Cajuns: Essays on Their History and Culture, USL History Series No. 11, Glen Conrad, editor, Center for Louisiana Studies, USL, Lafayette, 1983
  • The Founding of New Acadia, Carl A. Brasseaux, LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1987
  • The Spanish Presence in Louisiana, 1763-1803, Gilbert C. Din, editor, The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, Vol. II, Center for Louisiana Studies, USL, Lafayette, 1996
  • The Crew and Passenger Registration Lists of the Seven Acadian Expeditions of 1785, Milton P. Rieder Jr. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, Metairie, 1965
  • "Ulloa and the Acadians," Richard E. Chandler, Louisiana History, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Winter 1980

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