Heroes of the Acadian Resistance

 

This is a historical account of those first settlers in Canada who came from France and turned a hostile land into a thriving farming community. Instead of fighting with the Native Micmac people, they learned and worked with these people, until the British arrived. The land of Nova Scotia changed hands many times, but the Acadian people held fast to the ideals of neutrality. They would swear allegiance to the King, but refused to raise arms against British enemies, their old forefathers, France.

Exasperated, the British overlords took matters in their own hands and expelled over 10,000 people to locations scattered across the globe, separating families and communities. 

In this book, the entire of the expulsion and those who sought to combat the horrible and illegal strategy is expressed so that the Acadian, French, and the British sides are shown equally. From this perspective, once can ask if the hostilities helped or hindered the decisions of that day. Excellent historical account.