{"product_id":"a-geography-of-blood-unearthing-memory-from-a-prairie-landscape-paperback","title":"A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCandace Savage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Good\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Candace Savage embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of the northern Great Plains to reveal the haunting untold history of the land.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, Saskatchewan, she has no idea what awaits her. From their home on the edge of Eastend, they look out over the tawny sweep of the Frenchman River valley, watch swallows skim the water and deer graze at dusk, and wander among dinosaur bones. The prairie, which once seemed empty, begins to reveal itself as a living archive of history and fragile life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality. Archaeological shards, old police forts, and Métis wintering sites lead her into the buried history of the northern plains: the deliberate slaughter of the buffalo, the Cypress Hills Massacre, whiskey forts and starvation camps, the forced herding of Indigenous Peoples onto reserves. Listening to Blackfoot and Assiniboine elders, Métis descendants, and the Nekaneet people who still claim the hills as home, she is compelled to confront the violence that made her own homesteading ancestry possible--and to rethink everything she thought she knew about \"pioneer\" courage and prairie progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with Savage's passion for this place, \u003ci\u003eA Geography of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e braids memoir, natural history, and Indigenous testimony. Savage's unforgettable portrait of the Cypress Hills and the surrounding plains offers both a shocking retelling of western Canadian history and an invitation to see the prairies with new eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandace Savage\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books. In 2022, she was awarded the Writers' Trust Matt Cohen Award. She lives in Saskatoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Good\u003c\/b\u003e is a Cree writer, lawyer, and poet and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eFive Little Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, received numerous awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award and Canada Reads 2022. Her essay collection, \u003ci\u003eTruth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Writers' Trust Balsillie Prize and the Indigenous Voices Award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eEliza Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in 2026. She is a Member of the Order of Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56436623081777,"sku":"9781778404283","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/nZjFOUyp-L9781778404283.webp?v=1790175133","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/a-geography-of-blood-unearthing-memory-from-a-prairie-landscape-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}