The Education of Augie Merasty
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The Education of Augie Merasty

  1. 105 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Education of Augie Merasty

About this book

"Heartbreaking and important… brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation." - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the PlainsThis memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150, 000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subject to a policy of "aggressive assimilation."As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt o mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.

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Yes, you can access The Education of Augie Merasty by Joseph Auguste Merasty, David Carpenter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias sociales & Biografías de ciencias sociales. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. A Note on the Text
  2. Augie and Me:An Introduction
  3. 1. School Days,School Days
  4. 2. Hard Times
  5. 3. The Passion of Sister Felicity
  6. 4. The Loves of Languir and Cameron
  7. 5. Brotherly Love and the Fatherland
  8. 6. Father Lazzardo among the Children
  9. 7. Sisters of the Night
  10. 8. Lepeigne
  11. 9. Revenge
  12. Conclusion
  13. Afterword
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. About David Carpenter
  16. A Note On The Type