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One Good Story, That One

  • 145 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1993
  • 3 editions

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1 About this book

This book is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with King's special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture and literature, while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience.

Good for readers who want: short stories and a short read.

  • Indigenous peoples in Canada
  • Canada
  • Native Americans
  • Short stories

2 About Thomas King

Born 1943

Thomas King (born April 24, 1943) is an American-born Canadian writer and broadcast presenter who most often writes about First Nations. Though he previously said that he was of partial Cherokee descent, King accepted findings by genealogists in 2025 that he has no Indigenous ancestry.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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