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Did you know that Nova Scotia was once Acadia? That Prince Edward Island was originally Ile St. Jean. And Cape Breton was Ile Royale? It begins with the Seven Years' War -- the French and Indian War -- and ends with the Korean Conflict, 200 years later.
Throughout the United States, Acadian is not exactly a household word. Unknown to most Americans, Acadia was once a country in the region now occupied by the Canadian Maritime Provinces - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Acadians immigrated to this area from France during the seventeenth century.
Pulp, Potatoes, and Ployes describes the plight of the Acadians following expulsion from Nova Scotia during the French and Indian War in 1755 and their survival in Northern Maine until 1955.
This 200-year odyssey covers two centuries of United States history, including the settling of the Upper Saint John Valley and the establishment of Fort Kent in Northern Maine; assimilation of Native Americans into present day society; all the wars from the War of Independence to the Korean conflict; Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties; the Great Depression; and finally, the Fabulous Fifties.
The title of the novel signifies three overwhelming influences on the Acadians: the lumber industry, potato farming, and a staple Acadian food - buckwheat pancakes.
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About the Author:
Jules M. Seletz graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1953 as a second lieutenant, and the Chicago Medical School in 1958 with an MD. Following five years of post-graduate training at the Boston City Hospital, he practiced as a General and Peripheral Vascular Surgeon for 35 years.
He enjoyed a 41-year military career in the United States Army, rising to the rank of full colonel, having deployed to Korea as a second lieutenant in 1953 as a field artillery officer, to Morocco, West Germany, Botswana, and finally to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during Desert Storm as a military surgeon. Retired from the Army in 1994 while stationed at West Point, Dr. Seletz is now in his sixth year as a physician surveyor for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - JCAHO.
JCAHO is the nationally and internationally accepted accrediting body for the Healthcare industry. For the past four years, Dr. Seletz has had several occasions to survey hospitals who have experienced untoward incidents, mishaps, catastrophic outcomes - sentinel events.
Dr. Seletz lives in Lincoln, New Hampshire, in the heart of the White Mountains where he enjoys skiing and mountain hiking with his wife of Acadian heritage. Together, they have seven children and ten grandchildren. In addition to Pulp, Potatoes, and Ployes, he has also written three novels that involve sentinel events, and a quartet of historical fiction that mirrors his own life during the twentieth century including his father's emigration from Russia at the turn of the last century.
When residents of Lincoln, New Hampshire, learned that Dr. Seletz had written a novel describing the establishment of Fort Kent, Maine, in Pulp, Potatoes, and Ployes, they asked, "Why not one about the establishment of Lincoln, New Hampshire?" Early into researching the history of the area, he discovered the formation of this mill town back in 1892 to be fascinating. So an historical fiction novel, describing this, with a background of United States history, was born, entitled Lincoln Logs.
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- PublisherDenlingers Pub Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 087714771X
- ISBN 13 9780877147718
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages172
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