Habitant Poems
William Henry Drummond
Author immigrated to Montreal with his parents and 3 younger brothers at age 11 and soon after became family head when his father died. Went back to school and became a doctor serving in the Eastern Townships and Cobalt Ontario where his brothers invested in Silver.
His use of French-Canadian patois is probably not politically correct in modern parlance, even misappropriation. Helps if you know French when you read these works and as with reading Welsh's Trainspotting makes more sense if you read it aloud phonetically.
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