Laminated 4-color soft cover, 368 pages including over 70 illustrations. Book text is written in both English and French in the same book. The first edition of this book was printed as a hardbound book in 1994. The new edition has improved graphics and more illustrations.
The author describes the life of a typical French settler to New France (Quebec) in the 1600's. He describes life in France, the long ship journey to North America, and day-to-day life in Quebec and Midwestern United States. He examines later French Canadian migrations to other parts of Canada and to the eastern and Midwestern United States to the early 1900's. This book does not concentrate on names and dates as much as allowing us to experience everyday life in France, Quebec, and the United States for these early settlers that represented the largest wave of pioneers from France to North America.
