<p><b>Winner, Evelyn Richardson Award for Non-Fiction and Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing<br>Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the Margaret and John Savage Award for Best First Book (Non-fiction)<br>A <i>Hill Times<\/i>’ 100 Best Books in 2020 Selection<br>On <i>Canada’s History<\/i> Bestseller List<\/b><\/p><p>Growing up on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Tyler LeBlanc wasn\u2019t fully aware of his family\u2019s Acadian roots \u2014 until a chance encounter with an Acadian historian prompted him to delve into his family history. LeBlanc\u2019s discovery that he could trace his family all the way to the time of the Acadian Expulsion and beyond forms the basis of this compelling account of <i>Le Grand D\u00e9rangement<\/i>.<\/p><p>Piecing together his family history through archival documents, Tyler LeBlanc tells the story of Joseph LeBlanc (his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather), Joseph\u2019s ten siblings, and their families. With descendants scattered across modern-day Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the LeBlancs provide a window into the diverse fates that awaited the Acadians when they were expelled from their homeland. Some escaped the deportation and were able to retreat into the wilderness. Others found their way back to Acadie. But many were exiled to Britain, France, or the future United States, where they faced suspicion and prejudice and struggled to settle into new lives.<\/p><p>A unique biographical approach to the history of the Expulsion, <i>Acadian Driftwood<\/i> is a vivid insight into one family\u2019s experience of this traumatic event.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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