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Thrasher : skid row Eskimo
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

1976
Book > Memoir
Related School
Immaculate Conception (NWT)
Creators
Thrasher, Anthony Apakark
Contributors
Deagle, Gerard; Mettrick, Alan
Description
An account of the struggles one Indigenous man faced in attempting to negotiate a future after attending residential school. This work describes Anthony Apakark Thrasher’s experience with poverty and homelessness on the streets of southern Alberta cities, his turn to alcoholism, and his recourse to violence. Most of the book was written in a Calgary prison as the author awaited trial for killing an elderly man (he was ultimately convicted of manslaughter).

Subjects

Thrasher, Anthony Apakark, 1937-

More Information

Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
0887600824
Statement of Responsibility
by Anthony Apakark Thrasher ; in collaboration with Gerard Deagle and Alan Mettrick.
Publication Information
Toronto : Griffin House
Physical Description
xi, 164 pages ; 22 cm
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