Moulins du Madawaska Tome Second: Mills of Madawaska Volume Two (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798555445841)

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

• Bilingual; written in English, and French.
• Presents the migration of Acadians to the Madawaska territory.
• Describes the family mill of the 18th and 19th century; training younger generations to build and operate a mill; how to build a mill.
• Presents the histories of 12 historic family mills.
• Includes a biography of Joseph Thérriault, an Acadian miller.
• In Volume II, presents descriptions of 250 mills that existed in the St John Valley from 1785 until 1985.

SAMPLE REVIEW COMMENTS:

• Guy Dubay, historian, writer and professor / historien, auteur, professeur.
  I cannot say enough about ..." the depth and quality of this volume of history of our primitive and later mills on both sides of the St. John River."
  "...This work has a comprehensiveness never heretofore covered as thoroughly and extensively as does 'Moulins du Madawaska/Mills of Madawaska'. "While Theriault's first book, 'Destination Madawaska', published in 2009 revealed this authors orientation to our history, this present work demonstrates how much that he is an historian "pure laine".
  "This book will become "the Bible of our Industrial Story"
  Traduction:
  Je peux pas dire assez de... la profondeur et la qualité de ce volume d'histoire de nos moulins primitifs et ultérieurs des deux côtés de la rivière Saint-Jean .
  ...Ce travail a une exhaustivité jamais couvert jusqu'ici aussi complètement et abondamment que le fait Moulins du Madawaska/Mills of Madawaska . Alors que le premier livre de Thériault, 'Destination Madawaska', paru en 2009 révélait cette orientation des auteurs vers notre histoire, ce présent ouvrage démontre à quel point il est un historien pure laine.
  Ce livre deviendra la Bible de notre histoire industrielle
  Jacques G. Albert, teacher, historian, author, Board member of the Historical Society of Madawaska / enseignant, historien, auteur, membre du conseil d'administration de la Société historique du Madawaska.

"I now understand why this immense work has taken so many years to accomplish.
This work allows us to realize the importance of the mills in Madawaska, on both sides of the Saint John River, of families involved in the field of sawmills, flour mills and card mills.
This book will be the Mill Bible in Madawaska.
Traduction:
Je comprends maintenant que cet immense travail a pris autant d'années à accomplir. Ce travail nous permet de réaliser l'importance des moulins au Madawaska, des deux côtés du fleuve Saint-Jean, des familles impliquées aussi bien dans le domaine des moulins à scies, des meuneries et des moulins à carde.
Ces livres seront la Bible des moulins au Madawaska.

From the dawn of the Acadian era in the Madawaska territory, the flourmills, sawmills, and wool carding mills were among the first to be built to produce the food, shelter, and clothing necessary to sustain the local community. It was the family of Pierre Thibodeau, the miller of Port Royal, Acadia who came to the St John Valley with the mill technology necessary to begin the process of building the necessary mills in the new communities such as the Theriault Mill in Baker Brook, New Brunswick where Joseph and his son Joachim provided for their village for many years.

The first volume of this book focuses on the family culture and history of twelve of the early mills in the St John Valley while the second volume is a detailed compilation of the 250 historic family and commercial mills that existed in the St John Valley from 1785 to 1985. Volume 1 focuses on the relationship between the local miller and his neighbors and customers, and how the knowledge and technology of the mills was transferred between generations and between families.

Author: Joseph Ralph Theriault
ISBN-10: 8555445841
ISBN-13: 9798555445841
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2021
Pages: 550
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.77lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.11d