The most comprehensive work about the expulsion of the Cajuns' ancestors from Nova Scotia and their resettlement in south Louisiana, by the world's premier Cajun historian.

A thorough examination of Cajun (and Creole) folktales by the world's leading Cajun folklorist and linguist; contains French text, but don't worry! All passages have parallel English translations.

Wow, what a great book! Okay, so I wrote it. Anyway, it explains how teenaged Cajuns (and Creoles) in the 1950s gave up traditional Louisiana French music and started playing rock 'n' roll music.

Published in 2005 to critical praise in the national press, Farragher's book has quickly established itself as _the_ definitive study of the expulsion of the Cajuns' ancestors from Nova Scotia. Farragher delves deep into archives on both sides of the Atlantic to uncover eyewitness accounts of this, arguably the most important event in Cajun and Acadian history.

A must-read for anyone interested in Cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop music, as well as swamp blues. The author sought out most of the major players in south Louisiana music and interviewed them at length about their music and its influences. Highly recommended for its excellent use of oral history.

A sequel to "Founding of New Acadia" in which foremost Cajun historian Carl Brasseaux covers the Cajuns and their ancestors from the Louisiana Purchase to the end of Reconstruction.

Another book by premier Cajun folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet; this short work serves well as an introduction to the intricate history of Cajun music.

In my opinion, this is the single best volume about the annual rite of passage that is the rural Cajun Mardi Gras. (Don't be fooled by the title; the book is in English.)