A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadia

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher "Altogether superb: an accessible, fluent account that advances scholarship while building a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description IN 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality?o live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England?had been one of the founding values of Acadia; its settlers traded and intermarried freely with native M?maq Indians and English Protestants alike. But the Acadians refusal to swear unconditional allegiance to the British Crown in the mid-eighteenth century gave New Englanders, who had long coveted Nova Scotias fertile farmland, pretense enough to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. John Mack Faragher draws on original research to weave 150 years of history into a gripping narrative of both the civilization of Acadia and the British plot to destroy it. Author Biography John Mack Faragheris the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of many books on the American frontier, including Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer, which received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and, most recently, A Great and Noble Scheme. Review "Painstakingly researched, at once poignant and hard-hitting, this tragic history of mass expulsion and dispersion of a people from their homeland demands the attention of every American citizen." -- Skye K. Moody - Seattle Times"Faraghers meticulous scholarship recovers the history of a people deliberately targeted for extinction in the British-American conquest of North America. He gives us in vivid detail both the calculated cruelty of the conquerors and the enduring humanity of the people who survived this American exercise in ethnic cleansing. This is a major work." -- Edmund Morgan, author of Benjamin Franklin"The Acadians doomed struggle for survival, recounted by the author in painstaking, even exhaustive detail, takes on the aura of inevitability as though the outcome had been inscribed by the gods on Olympus." -- William Grimes - New York Times"[A] fascinating account…recommended for anyone with a general interest in Colonial American history." -- James D. Fairbanks - Houston Chronicle Long Description "Altogether superb...a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."--"Kirkus Reviews," starred review In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality--to live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England--had been one of the founding values of Acadia; its settlers traded and intermarried freely with native Mkmaq Indians and English Protestants alike. But the Acadians refusal to swear unconditional allegiance to the British Crown in the mid-eighteenth century gave New Englanders, who had long coveted Nova Scotias fertile farmland, pretense enough to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. John Mack Faragher draws on original research to weave 150 years of history into a gripping narrative of both the civilization of Acadia and the British plot to destroy it. 40 illustrations, 6 maps. Review Quote "The Acadians doomed struggle for survival, recounted by the author in painstaking, even exhaustive detail, takes on the aura of inevitability as though the outcome had been inscribed by the gods on Olympus." Details ISBN0393328279 Author John Mack Faragher Short Title GRT & NOBLE SCHEME Language English ISBN-10 0393328279 ISBN-13 9780393328271 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 971.601 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1945 Residence CT, US Affiliation Yale University Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780393328271 UK Release Date 2010-09-28 AU Release Date 2010-09-28 NZ Release Date 2010-09-28 US Release Date 2010-09-28 Pages 592 Publisher WW Norton & Co Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-09-28 Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland Alternative 9780393051353 Illustrations 40 illustrations, 6 maps Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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