Cassie Deveaux Cohoon

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ISBN: 9781897009710

ITEM: CB0098 Categories: Acadian, Heritage Tags: Acadian, Cape Breton University Press, Cassie Deveaux Cohoon, Heritage, Paperback

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.

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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

Cassie Deveaux Cohoon

Cassie Deveaux Cohoon was born in the Acadian village Chéticamp. Her Acadian heritage goes back to the early days of Grand Pré on her father’s side and Beaubassin (now Amherst) on her mother’s. Her first novel, Severine, told the story of a fictitious heroine of Acadia.

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