• Deportation of the Prince Edward Island Acadians - (Book - Amazon.ca) : The deportation of approximately three thousand French settlers from Prince Edward Island in 1758 is a story which has been largely overshadowed by the removal of six to seven thousand Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755. The research of historian Earle Lockerby has shed a great deal of new light on the deportation from Prince Edward Island--the management and implementation; the poignant personal accounts of captives; the disastrous loss of life; and the successful escape of close to 1,500 settlers who eluded their would-be captors. This book is well illustrated by portraits of the key players, maps, and excerpts of original documents. -

• Exiles and Islanders : The Irish Settlers of Prince Edward Island (Hardcover) - (Book - Amazon.ca) : "Exiles and Islanders" describes Irish settlement in Prince Edward Island from 1763 to 1880. By tracing the history of these early settlers, Brendan O'Grady demolishes the myth that the Island's Irish settlers were largely refugees from the Great Potato Famine. Using a wide variety of sources, including folklore, newspaper reports, personal interviews, letters, shipping records, and historical data, O'Grady goes beyond mere statistics. We learn about settlers' hometowns in Ireland, why they left, when and how they came to Prince Edward Island, where they settled, and how they adapted to living in PEI. Over ten thousand Irish settled in PEI in the nineteenth century; by 1850 they comprised about a quarter of the Island's population. They were mainly pre-Famine immigrants and mostly Catholic.
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• Exiles and Islanders : The Irish Settlers of Prince Edward Island (Paperback) - (Book - Amazon.ca) : "Exiles and Islanders" describes Irish settlement in Prince Edward Island from 1763 to 1880. By tracing the history of these early settlers, Brendan O'Grady demolishes the myth that the Island's Irish settlers were largely refugees from the Great Potato Famine. Using a wide variety of sources, including folklore, newspaper reports, personal interviews, letters, shipping records, and historical data, O'Grady goes beyond mere statistics. We learn about settlers' hometowns in Ireland, why they left, when and how they came to Prince Edward Island, where they settled, and how they adapted to living in PEI. Over ten thousand Irish settled in PEI in the nineteenth century; by 1850 they comprised about a quarter of the Island's population. They were mainly pre-Famine immigrants and mostly Catholic.
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• Jean Pierre Roma: of the Company of the East of Isle St. Jean - (Book - Amazon.ca) : In the 1700s, Jean Pierre Roma brought settlers to carve an international trading empire out of the virgin forests of Isle St. Jean now known as Prince Edward Island. Successful entrepreneur in a thriving community, he saw all his accomplishments destroyed by privateers in 1745. Yet the story of Roma lives on as an inspiration and a cautionary tale to leaders and builders. This new edition of a monograph originally published in 1977 ensures that Roma is not forgotten.
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• Land of the Red Soil: A Popular History of Prince Edward Island - (Book - Amazon.ca) : Canadas smallest province has a rich and fascinating history. Named Abegweit (cradled in the waves) by the Mikmaq the "Garden of the Gulf" has evolved over the centuries into a world vacation destination. The revised and updated Land of the Red Soil includes new information about the Confederation Bridge, Japanese tourism, the changing economy, the writings of L M Montgomery and much more. It's a "must have" popular history for all who are interested in Canada's island province.
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• Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island: From British Colonization to the Escheat Movement - (Book - Amazon.ca) : Who has the more legitimate claim to land, settlers who occupy and improve it with their labour, or landlords who claim ownership on the basis of imperial grants? This question of property rights, and their construction, was at the heart of rural protest on Prince Edward Island for a century. In Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island, Rusty Bittermann examines this conflict and the dynamic of rural protest on the Island from its establishment as a British colony in the 1760s to the early 1840s.
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• The Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island - (Book - Amazon.ca) : Originally published in 1986, Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island won the Award of Merit, from the PEI Heritage Foundation. The book includes photos, floor plans, and descriptions of pre-1914 churches, from simple rural structures to the splendor of St. Peters Cathedral in Charlottetown. Not intended as a history text or a manual of preservation, the author hopes that the book will prove useful in conserving the past.
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• Chinese Islanders: Making a Home in the New World - (Book - Amazon.ca) : Over the past century, Chinese immigrants to Prince Edward Island and their descendents have suffered racism and poverty, but they are proud today to be recognized as true islanders. From the arrival of the first Chinese immigrants in the late nineteenth century to the blossoming of a vibrant community in the twenty-first, Hung-Min Chiang describes how the Chinese of Prince Edward Island have adapted to world events and shifts in immigration law. He discusses the effects of the infamous "head tax" as well as the more severe Chinese Immigration Act. He also includes family histories of prominent early immigrants, highlighting the trials and the extraordinary achievements of one of the Island's smallest ethnic group.
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