{"product_id":"indian-school-days","title":"Indian School Days","description":"This book is the humorous, bitter-sweet autobiography of a Canadian Ojibwa who was taken from his family at age ten and placed in Jesuit boarding school in northern Ontario. It was 1939 when the feared Indian agent visited Basil Johnstonâ s family and removed him and his four-year-old sister to St. Peter Claverâ s school, run by the priests in a community known as Spanish, 75 miles from Sudbury.\n“Spanish! It was a word synonymous with residential school, penitentiary, reformatory, exile, dungeon, whippings, kicks, slaps, all rolled into one,â Johnston recalls. But despite the aching loneliness, the deprivation, the culture shock and the numbing routine, his story is engaging and compassionate. Johnston creates marvelous portraits of the young Indian boys who struggled to adapt to strange ways and unthinking, unfeeling discipline. Even the Jesuit teachers, whose flashes of humor occasionally broke through their stern demeanor, are portrayed with an understanding born of hindsight.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0806122269\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0806122269.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Johnston, Basil H.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43558817235005,"sku":"BVV.0806122269.G","price":27.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0806122269-0.jpg?v=1788385249","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/indian-school-days","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}