West of Bayou Teche, on the prairies around Vermilionville, the Acadian French live in quiet isolation from the rest of America. Bonaventure Deschamps, an orphan raised among them, loses the girl Zoséphine to his friend Sosthène and gives his life to teaching the Cajun children, while Yankee commerce and modern ideas creep in.
A gentle, lyrical book by the great chronicler of Creole and Cajun Louisiana. Download the free EPUB.