408. Ron McFarland, "Evangeline," part 1.

408. Part 1 of our <a href="http://archive.org/download/408-ron-macfarland-evangeline-part-1/408-Ron_Macfarland--Evangeline--part_1.mp3" target="_blank">interview </a>with Ron McFarland about <i>Evangeline</i>.<br />"Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient,<br />Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion,<br />List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest;<br />List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy."<span></span><a name='more'></a><span id="freeText4477301291029073683">&nbsp;</span><span id="freeText4477301291029073683"><br />Generations of readers have now accepted the call of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to join his heroine <i>Evangeline</i> in her search for Gabriel, the lover she was separated from during the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Long-Life-Evangeline-Longfellow-Adaptation/dp/0786442174/" target="_blank"><i>The Long Life of Evangeline: A History of the Longfellow Poem in Print, in Adaptation and in Popular Culture</i></a> describes its reception in the weeks and months that followed the 1847 release, explains its continued popularity down through the years, and offers insights on its interpretation and relevance today.</span> Ron McFarland teaches 17th-century British literature, modern British/American literature, global literature and poetry writing. <br /><p></p><ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. March 13, 1815. Gen. Andrew Jackson declares the end of martial law in New Orleans at the end of War of 1812. </li><li>This week in New Orleans history. Born on March 13, 1901 in Plaquemines Parish, Andrew Morgan played clarinet with the Imperial Band in the mid-1920s and then joined his brother Isaiah Morgan's band in 1925. Sam Morgan led this ensemble for its 1927 recordings. Andrew recorded in the late 1920s and 1930s with Kid Howard, Kid Rena, and Kid Thomas V