{"product_id":"conversations-with-a-dead-man-indigenous-rights-and-the-legacy-of-duncan-campbell-scott-paperback","title":"Conversations with a Dead Man: Indigenous Rights and the Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Abley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of Mark Abley's acclaimed creative biography, revised and expanded with a new introduction by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he died in 1947, Duncan Campbell Scott was revered as one of his country's finest poets and honoured as a devoted civil servant. Today, because of his work as head of the Department of Indian Affairs, he's widely considered one of history's worst Canadians. When word of this reaches Scott's ghost, he returns to the land of the living to ask poet and journalist Mark Abley to clear his name, and in the ensuing research, Abley learns of a man who could somehow write vibrant poems about Indigenous people in one moment, and in another institute policies designed to destroy Indigenous culture and force assimilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith intelligence, moral ferocity, and a hunger for truth, Abley delves into Scott's professional and personal lives while also exploring the hostile government policies--including the residential school system--that damaged and continue to damage the lives of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people. By mixing traditional non-fiction with an imagined debate between the author and Scott's ghost, \u003ci\u003eConversations with a Dead Man\u003c\/i\u003e makes it clear that \"the villain was a man, and his nation is our nation. Abley's act of radical empathy makes it harder to turn the page on a chapter of our history we might otherwise slam shut\" (Andrew Stobo Sniderman, \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765196783904,"sku":"9781738993321","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a85db4576c064b096ef25ac7b33e81d.webp?v=1780263371","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/conversations-with-a-dead-man-indigenous-rights-and-the-legacy-of-duncan-campbell-scott-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}