I'm from Bouctouche, Me

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I'm from Bouctouche, Me is written by Donald J. Savoie and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0773584447 (ISBN 10) and 9780773584440 (ISBN 13).

In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make important contributions to Canada's development. Trudeau's objective was Canadian unity and he turned to Acadie to show Quebec that there was a viable French Canadian presence outside their borders. Robichaud, New Brunswick's first elected Acadian premier, had witnessed Acadian poverty first hand and made it his mission to bring New Brunswick into the modern era. Savoie shows how their efforts led to fundamental change for both Canada and New Brunswick and changed his life.