Towards a Prairie Atonement
by Trevor Herriot
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Pub Date Nov 05 2016 | Archive Date Nov 30 2016
Description
Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses the question of our relationship with the land. Enlisting the help of a Metis Elder, Trevor Herriot revisits the history of one corner of the Great Plains.
This book's lyrical blend of personal narrative, prairie history, imagery, and argument begins with the cause of protecting native grassland on community pastures. As the narrative unfolds, however, Herriot, the award-winning author of Grass, Sky, Song and River in a Dry Land, finds himself recruited into the work of reconciliation.
Facing his own responsibility as a descendent of settlers, he connects today's ecological disarray to the legacy of Metis dispossession and the loss of their community lands. With Indigenous and settler people alienated from one another and from the grassland itself, hope and courage are in short supply. This book offers both by proposing an atonement that could again bring people and prairie together.
This book's lyrical blend of personal narrative, prairie history, imagery, and argument begins with the cause of protecting native grassland on community pastures. As the narrative unfolds, however, Herriot, the award-winning author of Grass, Sky, Song and River in a Dry Land, finds himself recruited into the work of reconciliation.
Facing his own responsibility as a descendent of settlers, he connects today's ecological disarray to the legacy of Metis dispossession and the loss of their community lands. With Indigenous and settler people alienated from one another and from the grassland itself, hope and courage are in short supply. This book offers both by proposing an atonement that could again bring people and prairie together.
A Note From the Publisher
- illuminates historic Indigenous (Native) stewardship of the land at a time when the Standing Rock protests are raising awareness of Native rights and environmentalism.
Marketing Contact: Morgan Tunzelmann, morgan.tunzelmann@uregina.ca.
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Marketing Contact: Morgan Tunzelmann, morgan.tunzelmann@uregina.ca.
Distribution:
CANADA: UTP Distribution - Customer Service 1-800-565-9523
U.S.: Ingram - Customer Service 1-866-400-5351, Account No. S210
INTERNATIONAL: Gazelle Book Services - Customer Service +44 (0) 1524 528500
Advance Praise
"Clear-eyed and inspirational." Graeme Gibson, conservationist and author of The Bedside Book of Birds and The Bedside Book of Beasts
"Beautifully-written, thoroughly persuasive, and a much-needed argument for the preservation of our remaining prairie, Towards a Prairie Atonement may well take its place among classics about the Western plains." Sharon Butala, author of Wild Stone Heart and The Perfection of the Morning
"A brave, heart-breaking book in its unflinching analysis of government policy, colonial violence, and corporate greed." Lorna Crozier, author of The Wild In You and Small Beneath the Sky
"Beautifully-written, thoroughly persuasive, and a much-needed argument for the preservation of our remaining prairie, Towards a Prairie Atonement may well take its place among classics about the Western plains." Sharon Butala, author of Wild Stone Heart and The Perfection of the Morning
"A brave, heart-breaking book in its unflinching analysis of government policy, colonial violence, and corporate greed." Lorna Crozier, author of The Wild In You and Small Beneath the Sky
Marketing Plan
- Reviews in U.S. - Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Midwest Book Review, The New Republic, The Smithsonian
- National media in Canada - Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, various CBC radio programs, Winnipeg Free Press
- Special campaign to environmental publications in the U.S. and Canada
- National media in Canada - Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, various CBC radio programs, Winnipeg Free Press
- Special campaign to environmental publications in the U.S. and Canada
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780889774544 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 110 |
