The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition (The Regina Collection, 16) - Softcover

Merasty, Joseph Auguste

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889778825 ISBN 13: 9780889778825

Publisher: University of Regina Press, 2022

Synopsis

The harrowing story of one Indigenous child's experience in Canada's residential schools

Named the fourth most important “Book of the Year” by the National Post and voted “One Book/One Province” in Saskatchewan, The Education of Augie Merasty launched on the front page of The Globe and Mail to become a national bestseller.

Publishers Weekly called the book “historically significant,” and The Toronto Star recommended it as a must read for “any Canadian interested in truth and reconciliation.” Writing in The Globe and Mail, educator J.D.M. Stewart noted that it “is well suited to a teenage audience because of its brevity and frankness.”

This new edition includes a Learning Guide that deepens our understanding of the residential school experience, making it ideal for classroom and book club use. It also features a new postscript by David Carpenter, describing how the publication of his memoir changed Augie Merasty’s life.

About this title

About the Authors

A retired Cree trapper, Joseph Auguste Merasty attended St. Therese Residential School in Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan, from 1935 to 1944. He lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

David Carpenter is an award-winning author and editor of eighteen books. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889778825
• ISBN 13: 9780889778825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112