Growing up as an Anglophone, Tyler LeBlanc hadn’t always known the true history of his ancestors. It wasn’t until he was in his early twenties, when asked by a historian what he knew about his lineage, that LeBlanc began to seriously dig into his ancestry and question the stories he had grown up believing. What he discovered set into motion years of research.

Providing a unique, more personal perspective to the Acadian Expulsion, LeBlanc dives deep into his ancestral history in his latest book, Acadian Driftwood.  Following the interconnected but separate stories of a number of LeBlanc’s distant relatives, Acadian Driftwood wraps readers in the severity of Acadian suffering and the strength of the Acadian soul.
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