Contents
Foreword
- title
- Ian S McIntosh
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Preface
- Shores of Shame, Sorrow & Spirit: A Nova Scotian Pilgrimage of Paces and Pages
Introduction
- Pilgrimage as Penance: Moving from Painful to Pain-Filled Pathways
Methodology
- Narrative Scholarship and Chorography as Historical Research
Background
- Le Grand Dérangement: Evangeline and the Deportation of the Acadians
- The Book of Negroes: Aminata and the Betrayal of the Black Loyalists
- Amazing Grace: Jude and the Slavery by Planters and Loyalists
Part I Trail Triptych: Left-Fold
- Chapter 1 in Shelburne
- Chapter 2 to Ingomar
- Chapter 3 to Port-la-Tour
- Chapter 4 to Barrington Passage
- Chapter 5 to Woods Harbour
- Chapter 6 to Argyle-by-the-Sea
- Chapter 7 to Pointe-à-Rocco
- Chapter 8 to Yarmouth
- Chapter 9 in Yarmouth
Part II Trail Triptych: Centre-Fold
- Chapter 10 to Port Maitland
- Chapter 11 to Cap Sainte-Marie
- Chapter 12 to Metaghan River
- Chapter 13 to Pointe-à-Major
- Chapter 14 to Plympton Station
- Chapter 15 to Digby
- Chapter 16 to Annapolis Royal
- Chapter 17 and 18 in Annapolis Royal
Part III Trail Triptych: Right-Fold
- Chapter 19 to Bridgetown
- Chapter 20 to Middleton
- Chapter 21 to French Cross Point
- Chapter 22 to Halls Harbour
- Chapter 23 to Church Street
- Chapter 24 to Wolfville
- Chapter 25 in Wolfville and Grand-Pré
- Chapter 26 to Avonport Station
- Chapter 27 to Windsor
- Chapter 28 in Windsor
Final Thoughts
- Pilgrimage as…
Postscript
- Celebrating Shores of Spirit
Citations and References
Appendices
- Background Histories
- Novels and Narratives
- Practical Information
Chapter Topics
INTRODUCTION - Pilgrimage as Penance
- Ancestors
- Middle Ages
- Sins
- Indulgences
- Crimes
- Modern
- Hauntings
- Healings
METHODOLOGY
- Immersive walking
- Chorography
- Landscape memory and the present pilgrimage of paces and pages
- The pithy, paper landscapes of pilgrimage pedagogy
FINAL THOUGHTS - Pilgrimage as...
- A methodology to experience and learn history
- A way to foster cultural tourism
- As an act of atonement
APPENDIX 1 – Background Histories
- Acadians
- New England Planters
- United Empire Loyalists
APPENDIX 2 – Novels and Narratives
Shelburne to Yarmouth
- Acadia – A. Silver, 1996
- Constance of Acadia – E. Tenney, 1886
- We Kept a Light – E. Richardson, 1945
- Desired Haven – E. Richardson, 1953
Yarmouth to Annapolis Royal
- Rose of Acadia – M. M. Saunder, 1898
- Dancing on the Shore: A Celebration of Life at Annapolis Basin – H. Horwood, 2010
- The Prisoner of Mademoiselle: A Love Story – C. Roberts, 1904
- Quietly My Captain Awaits – E. Eaton, 1940
Annapolis Royal to Windsor
- Oxbells and Fire Flies – E. Buckler, 1974
- The Mountain and the Valley – E. Buckler, 1952
- Merging – S. Bondrup-Nielsen, 2014
- The Forge in the Forest: An Acadian Romance – C. Roberts, 1896
- The Notary of Grand Pre – A. J. McLeod, 1901
- Jen of the Marshes – J. F. Herbin, 1921
- The Heir to Grand Pre – J. F. Herbin, 1907
- A Modern Evangeline – C. J. Harris, 1896
- The Sea is So Wide – E. Eaton, 1943
- A Sister to Evangeline – C. Roberts, 1898
- Three Hills Home – A. Silver, 2001
- The Clockmaker or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville - T. Haliburton, 1837
- Stories of the Land of Evangeline – G. McLeod, 1891
APPENDIX 3 – Practical Information
- Journey Log Details
- Maps
Chapter Landmarks
The book contains the most informative 87 photos (shown in B&W therein) that characterize the pilgrimage walk from Shelburne to Windsor. To these can be added the following 154 supplemental ones, arranged chronologically and easily identified from the book’s textual descriptions for each day’s walk. Click the location at the top of the grid to view the gallery.
