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Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

by Tyler LeBlanc

A family history rooted in Acadian displacement

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing

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  • Bestseller

    On Canada's History Bestseller List

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  • Editorial selection

    A Hill Times 100 Best Books in 2020 selection

    Selected for The Hill Times' 100 Best Books in 2020.

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A family history rooted in Acadian displacement

Tyler LeBlanc begins with a gap in his own understanding of his Acadian roots and follows it into family history. The account connects one Nova Scotia family to the Acadian Expulsion and its aftermath, placing personal ancestry within a larger chapter of Canada’s pre-Confederation history. Its organizing thread is the movement between family discovery and historical context: an individual search opens onto the experience of a community displaced from its homeland. The supplied description ends mid-sentence, so it offers only a partial view of the book’s scope beyond that central focus.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Acadian history and the Acadian Expulsion.
  • Readers exploring family history and ancestry in Nova Scotia.
  • Readers seeking Canadian history focused on the pre-Confederation period.

Themes

Acadian historyFamily ancestryDisplacementNova ScotiaCanadian pre-Confederation history

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Book overview

Winner, Evelyn Richardson Award for Non-Fiction
Winner, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing
Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction
Finalist, Margaret and John Savage Award for Best First Book (Non-fiction)
A Hill Times' 100 Best Books in 2020 Selection
On Canada's History Bestseller List

Growing up on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Tyler LeBlanc wasn't fully aware of his family's Acadian roots -- until a chance encounter with an Acadian historian prompted him to delve into his family history. LeBlanc's 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 Le Grand D

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