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Secret path  Cover Image Book Book

Secret path

Summary: The story of Chanie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died trying to find his way home from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in 1966.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501155949 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm + CD
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Contains both the book and CD by Gord Downie.
Formatted Contents Note: The stranger (5:32) -- Swing set (3:20) -- Seven matches (3:31) -- I will not be struck (4:02) -- Son (3:17) -- Secret path (4:12) -- Don't let this touch you (5:05) -- Haunt them, haunt them, haunt them (5:02) -- The only place to be (2:55) -- Here, here and here (4:11).
Participant or Performer Note: Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars by Gord Downie, all other instrumentation by Kevin Drew & Dave Hamelin ; illustrations by Jeff Lemire.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded at The Bathouse Recording Studios, Bath, ON, Canada.
Subject: Songs, English -- Canada -- Texts
Popular music -- Canada -- Texts
Runaways
Native peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Residential schools
Native students -- Canada -- History
Indian boarding schools -- Canada
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada
Genre: Pop/Rock.
Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Terrace Public Library 782.4202 WEN (Text) 35151000574962 Graphic Novels (Adult Non-fiction) Volume hold Available -

Summary: The story of Chanie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died trying to find his way home from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in 1966.
Gord Downie, lead singer for the Tragically Hip, creates a concept album that tells the true story of Chanie Wenjack, an indigenous boy who died 50 years ago escaping from Canada's residential schools.

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