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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

A Short History Of Indians In Canada

Short Story

by (author) Thomas King

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Oct 2012
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443419499
    Publish Date
    Oct 2012
    List Price
    $0.99

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The titular story of Thomas King’s acclaimed anthology, “A Short History of Indians in Canada” is a reimagining of Native history, set in the big city.

A Short History of Indians in Canada, the bestselling collection of twenty tales, is a comic tour de force, showing King at his hilarious and provocative best.

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About the author

Thomas King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer. His first novel, Medicine River, won several awards, including the PEN/Josephine Miles Award and the Writers Guild of Alberta Award, and was shortlisted for the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. It was also made into a CBC television movie. Green Grass, Running Water, his second novel, was shortlisted for the 1993 Governor General's Award and won the 1994 Canadian Authors Award for fiction. His highly praised short story collection, One Good Story, That One, was a Canadian bestseller, and his collection of Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories, won the 2003 Trillium Book Award. He has also written three acclaimed children's books: A Coyote Columbus Story, Coyote Sings to the Moon, and Coyote's New Suit. Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario, and is an Associate Professor of English (teaching Native literature and creative writing) at the University of Guelph.

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