title: Notes From Exile: On Being Acadian
author:  Clive Doucet 
description: &#8220;This is imperative reading for anyone whose knowledge of the Acadians comes exclusively from droningly one-sided history lessons and &#8216;Evangeline.&#8217;&#8230;Doucet brings Acadie into the living, breathing present.&#8221;<br>&#8211;Lynn Coady, <i>Globe and Mail</i><br><br>&#8220;Doucet presents readers with a memorable portrait, a richly woven tapestry of history, tradition, and the ties of community connections.&#8221;<br>&#8211;<i>Ottawa Citizen</i><br><br>&#8220;[<i>Notes From Exile</i>] kept me greedily turning pages.&#8221;<br>&#8211;David Macfarlane, <i>Globe and Mail</i>
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  The Acadian Exiles
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDERS OF
  ACADIA](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos3350)
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE BRITISH IN
  ACADIA](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos23155)
  
  [CHAPTER III. THE OATH OF
  ALLEGIANCE](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos36731)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. IN TIMES OF
  WAR](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos60537)
  
  [CHAPTER V. CORNWALLIS AND THE
  ACADIANS](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos74762)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE 'ANCIENT
  BOUNDARIES'](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos88920)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. A LULL IN THE
  CONFLICT](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos103479)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. THE LAWRENCE
  REGIME](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos109259)
  
  [CHAPTER IX. THE
  EXPULSION](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos141728)
  
  [CHAPTER X. THE EXILES](The%20Acadian%20Exiles_split_001.html#filepos174624)
  
  [BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE](The%20Acadian%20Exile