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The Days of Augusta
$24.95
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Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Salish; Interior Salish; Secwepemc (Shuswap);
Status: Available
Reading Level: N/A
Other Categories:
Adult Book | Books | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations | Salish | Interior Salish | Secwepemc (Shuswap) | Indigenous Studies | Women's Studies | Non-Fiction | Biographies | Autobiographies | Personal Narratives | Indigenous Narratives | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations | Social and Cultural Studies | Women's Studies
Synopsis:
Hailed as a contemporary classic of oral literature, The Days of Augusta is Shuswap elder Augusta Evans’ memories of a lifetime that spanned from 1888 to 1978.
Accompanied by Robert Keziere’s intimate photographs, Augusta’s rhythmic prose reads like poetry. She depicts with strength and eloquence her own story—her days at the Mission School, making baskets and catching salmon, the pain of giving birth and the death of a son—as well as the legends and stories of events told to her—a stagecoach robbery, a woman who was the prisoner of a bear. First printed in 1973, Augusta’s story continues to be a fascinating glimpse into the past, with throughlines to the present.
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80 pages | 8.00" x 9.00"| 25 b&w photos | Paperback
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