Cassie Deveaux Cohoon
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Jeanne Dugas of Acadia
Author: Cassie Deveaux Cohoon
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
Born of Acadian parents at Louisbourg, Jeanne Dugas (1731-1817) and her husband Pierre Bois were among the founding families of the Acadian village of Chéticamp in 1785. Descended from one of the three most prominent families in Acadia, Jeanne Dugas and her family lived for more than thirty years under the threat of capture and deportation by the British militia and attacks by pirates and privateers.
In this historical fiction, we follow Jeanne Dugas’s trials and tribulations from Louisbourg to Grand Pré (NS), to Port Toulouse and Mira (Cape Breton), Île-Saint-Jean (PEI), Remshic (NS), Restigouche (NB) and back again – often more than once. Finally captured by the British militia, she and her family were imprisoned for three years on George’s Island, where three of her four children died. When released, they sought refuge on Île Madame (Cape Breton) and finally to the area now known as Chéticamp.
| ISBN associated with this title: | 9781897009710 |
| Item | CB0098 |
| Publisher | Cape Breton University Press |
| Publisher | Cape Breton University Press |
| Published on | June 12 2013 |
| Language | eng |
| Pages | 266 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 8(in) x 5(in) |
| Shipping weight | 275(g) |
| Status | ACTIVE TITLE |
