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A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin"
A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin"
A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin"
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A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin"

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A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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Release dateAug 19, 2016
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A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin"

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    A Study Guide for Alden Nowlan's "For Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin" - Gale

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    For Jean Vincent D’abbadie, Baron St.-Castin

    Alden Nowlan

    1967

    Introduction

    The poem, For Jean Vincent D’abbadie, Baron St.-Castin, is dedicated and addressed to a French noble who played a crucial role in the seventeenth-century struggle between the French, the English, and the Indians for possession of New England. Jean-Vincent D’abbadie first came to the area as an officer on a French expedition to Penobscot Bay, in what is now Maine. While there, he befriended the local Abenaki Indians and eventually married Pidianske, the daughter of Madokawando, chief of the Abenakis in the Penobscot area. Baron St. Castin was instrumental in persuading the Abenakis to join the French side, and he participated in the Franco-Indian expedition against the English settlement at Casco in 1690. He also played a large part in the capture of Fort Pemequid in 1698. St. Castin’s loyalty to the Indians and his decision to spend most of his life with them made him almost a legendary figure at the time, and he remains one of the most colorful figures in the history of colonial

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