A Short History of Indians in Canada

by Thomas King

Overview

Winner of the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year and the Aboriginal Fiction Book of the Year—a collection of twenty short stories told in Thomas King's classic, wry, irreverent, and allegorical voice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816689811
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Thomas King is one of Canada’s premier Native public intellectuals. He was the first Aboriginal person to deliver the prestigious Massey Lectures, and he is the best-selling, award-winning author of six novels, two collections of short stories, and two nonfiction books. His work The Inconvenient Indian won the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the RBC Taylor Prize. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada and lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Contents

A Short History of Indians in Canada
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
The Dog I Wish I Had, I Would Call It Helen
The Baby in the Airmail Box
Coyote and the Enemy Aliens
Haida Gwaii
Little Bombs
The Colour of Walls
Bad Men Who Love Jesus
The Closer You Get to Canada, the More Things Will Eat Your Horses
Not Enough Horses
Noah’s Ark
Where the Borg Are
States to Avoid
Fire and Rain
Rendezvous
Domestic Furies
The Garden Court Motor Motel
Not Counting the Indian, There Were Six
Another Great Moment in Canadian Indian History

Editorial Reviews

"A master craftsman at work . . . In A Short History, we see King at work and at play in various narrative traditions: fable, tall tale, realistic story, magic-realist story. . . . Familiar and yet happily unpredictable." —Ken McGoogan, Globe and Mail



"Ultimately, A Short History of Indians in Canada can be read purely for its exuberance, storytelling, and wit, but there’s no reason for the reader to settle for charm and escapism when, with just a little digging, you can have so much more." —Toronto Star



"[Thomas King is] at his best writing serious comedy about subjects close to his heart. The truth about his stories is that they’ll leave you laughing, but they'll take a long time to leave you." —Vancouver Sun

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