Parco Naturale della Val Troncea

I quaderni del Parco - N. 6

On the life and emigration of a family from the Waldensian valleys and its settlement in the Lyon region
The author, who was born and lived in France, used indirect testimonies and fragmentary memoirs to describe, with impassioned words and a fascinating prose, the usages and custom of his ancestors and to highlight the difficult conditions in which they carried out their activities, at the utmost limit of human and environmental possibilities, since Troncea is situated at 1,915m.
Chapters of great interest are those dedicated to the christening, childhood, school, family in general, the death of the great-grandfather. The whole work stresses the pride of Michel Charret for his rural, mountain, and also Italian origins.
With original text in appendix.

• Series: I Quaderni del Parco / 6
• Author/s: Michel Pierre Charret
• Publisher: Regione Piemonte - Parco Naturale Val Troncea
• ISBN: 88-85196-07-1
• Pages: 176
• Size: 17x24cm
• Year: 2006
• Price: 15.00 €  

Notes: Translation by Monica Berton and Agnès Rostan