IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY

Richard Mullins will discuss the event known today as The Expulsion of the Acadians. He will use the contents of his book Evangeline: the Novel, which provides the historical information missing from Longfellow’s Evangeline. He will present this history through the biographical material researched on each of the major figures involved. A major objective is to educate on one of Canada’s greatest tragedies that is not systematically taught in schools, through both historical and personal experiences.

Richard Mullins taught high school English in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia; then moved to Mahone Bay, N. S. As principal of the high school; then moved to Rumford, ME and taught high school English; taught English Literature for Hudson College; retired and now lives in Dixfield, Me with his wife, Lorraine; they have three daughters and two grandchildren.