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Robert Tallant

Robert Tallant

1909 - 1957
American
Robert Tallant was born in New Orleans and has lived there all his life. His earliest memories of the Chalmette battlefield, which he describes in T... See more
Corinne Boyd Dillon

Corinne Boyd Dillon

American
Corinne Boyd Dillon is a Kentuckian who studied in Paris and has done illustrations for many national magazines. She now lives in Greenwich Village ... See more

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Resource Guide

Plumfield Moms Podcast
Podcast

Landmark Books: What They Are and Why They Matter
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 52 min.
View on the Plumfield Moms Podcast site

Two-part episode hosted by Podcast Moms with guests Sandy Hall (Hall's Living Library), Jill Morgan (Purple House Press), and Tanya Arnold (Biblioguides) where they discuss the Landmark series, how they came to be and why they are worth adding to a home library.


Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

Evangeline and the Acadians
Robert Tallant again turns his attention to a regional story, this time with historical interest as well. He records here...

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Semicolon

Evangeline and the Acadians by Robert Tallant
Reviewed by Sherry Early
So my question was: how did so many of the Acadians end up in southwestern Louisiana where they made a new home for themselves? To find out, you’ll have to read the book, or do your own research. It’s a fascinating saga, and Longfellow’s famous poem, Evangeline, only tells a small, fictionalized part of the story. As indicated in the title, Tallant refers to Longfellow’s poem over and over again throughout the book, and readers of Tallant’s book can learn a good bit about what parts of the poem are fiction and what parts are true.

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