The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn

Franco-Americans brought their proud cultural legacy to Lewiston-Auburn beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. As their population grew, religious leaders became community leaders, building an independent parish and a support system, as well as providing child care. The Sisters of Charity cared for the sick and orphaned and ran the first bilingual school in Maine. Franco-Americans grappled with their own questions of patriotism, identity and culture, assimilating as Americans while preserving both their French and French Canadian backgrounds. Authors Mary Rice-DeFosse and James Myall explore the challenges, accomplishments and enduring bonds of the Franco-Americans in Lewiston-Auburn.

About the author

Mary Rice-DeFosse is a professor of French and Francophone studies at Bates College. She and her students have collected oral histories from local residents as part of the department's Franco-American Oral History Project. She serves on the boards of Lewiston-Auburn's Franco Center for heritage and culture and the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College. She holds a PhD from Yale University.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Rice-Defosse, James Myall
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 26.01.2015
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781626194601
• ISBN: 978-1-62619-460-1
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 376 g
• Series: American Heritage; American Heritage
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, History - U.S., PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional