"Hailed as a contemporary classic of oral literature, The Days of Augusta is Shuswap elder Augusta Evans’ memories of a lifetime that spanned from 1888 to 1978. Mary Augusta Tappage Evans, born in 1888 in BC’s central interior Cariboo country, was the granddaughter of a Shuswap chief. When she was in her eighties she shared her stories with Jean E. Speare, who formed them into this book, first published in 1973. Augusta passed away in 1978 and is survived by her grandchildren. Accompanied by Robert Keziere’s intimate photographs, Augusta’s rhythmic prose reads like poetry. She depicts with strength and eloquence her own story—her days at the Mission School, making good baskets and catching salmon, the pain of giving birth and the death of a son—as well as the legends and stories of events told to her—a stagecoach robbery, a woman who was the prisoner of a bear. Augusta’s story continues to be a fascinating glimpse into the past, with throughlines to the present."-- Provided by publisher.