Brown Tom's Schooldays (First Voices, First Texts) - Montour, Enos T.

Edited and with an introduction by Mary Jane Logan McCallum; As New condition; Enos Montour's Brown Tom's Schooldays, self-published in 1985, tells the story of a young boy's life at residential school. Drawn from Montour's first-hand experiences at Mount Elgin Indian Residential School between 1910 and 1915, the book is an ironic play on "the school novel," namely 1857s Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. An accomplished literary text and uncommon chronicle of federal Indian schooling in the early 20th century. B This book positions Brown Tom and his schoolmates as citizens of three worlds: the reserve, the "white man's world," and the school in between. It follows Tom leaving his family home, making friends, witnessing sickness and death, and enduring constant hunger. This critical edition includes a foreword by the book's original editor and an afterword by Montour's granddaughters. In her introduction, historian Mary Jane Logan McCallum documents Montour's life and work, details the manuscript's publication history, and offers further insight into the operations of Mount Elgin. Entertaining and emotionally riveting, Montour's book opens a unique window into Canada's history.
As New
Soft cover
University of Manitoba Press
2024
Winnipeg, MB