The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir - New Edition

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.

Author: Joseph Auguste Merasty
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 08/27/2022
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.60w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780889778825
ISBN10: 0889778825
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | Indigenous
- Education | History
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author

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.