Description: Gregory Kennedy presents a new kind of history focusing on the experiences of Acadian soldiers and their families before, during, and after the First World War. He significantly shifts common interpretations about recruitment in French Canada, service overseas, and the factors determining post-war socioeconomic outcomes.
Brief description: Gregory M.W. Kennedy est doyen de la faculté des arts à l'Université de Brandon au Manitoba et l'auteur de Something of a Peasant Paradise?: Comparing Rural Societies in Acadie and the Loudunais, 1604-1755 et Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War.
Review Quotes: "Using the men of the 165th (Acadian) Regiment in 1916 as his starting point, Kennedy creates a compelling portrait of one minority community's experience of war. Lost in the Crowd restores another lost perspective to the war zone and, by tying the men to the communities that sent them, also deepens our understanding of the war's battle lines at home." Canadian Writers Abroad blog