Louis Riel
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Louis Riel
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Louis Riel
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Louis Riel
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A limited-edition reprint of Brown's celebrated biography of the Canadian rebelLouis Riel tells the story of the charismatic, and perhaps mad, nineteenth-century Metis leader whose struggle to win rights for his people led to violent rebellion on the nations western frontier. When the collected book...
Chester Brown
Paperback
296
Drawn and Quarterly
1770461302
9781770461307
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Joseph Howard
Paperback
602
Lorimer
0888620594
9780888620590
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Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history. Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of the aboriginal Métis people, Riel led two resistance movements a...
Jennifer Reid
Hardcover
326
University of New Mexico Press
0826344151
9780826344151
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Louis Riel is regarded by some as a hero and visionary, by others as a madman and misguided religious zealot. The Métis leader who fought for the rights of his people against an encroaching tide of white settlers helped establish the province of Manitoba before escaping to the United States. Gabriel...
Joseph Boyden
Kindle Edition
224
Penguin Canada
7
Louis Riel believed that on 8 December 1875 he received a divine commission authorizing him to save the Métis and reform the Catholic Church. He was a prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and the Métis were the new chosen people. A new branch of the Catholic Church would be founded in North America...
Thomas Flanagan
Paperback
240
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
0802071848
9780802071842
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Chester Brown reinvents the comic book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century M...
Chester Brown
Kindle Edition
Drawn and Quarterly
4
"It has the thoroughness of a history book yet reads with the personalized vision of a novel." –TimeChester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, ...
Chester Brown
Paperback
280
Drawn and Quarterly
1894937899
9781894937894
1
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Anonymous
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…Allard chained himself to the Manitoba Legislature's statue of Louis Riel in 1994, protesting a government decision to have it demolished and replaced with a more formalized statue. "It would hurt me if they tear it down", he was quoted as saying. The protest was unsuccessful, however, and t...
…In 1875, Kirkpatrick contested the Governor General's right to pardon Louis Riel without the consent of the Canadian Cabinet. As a result of his arguments, the Colonial Office issued new instructions that future Governors General not act without the advice of his ministers in such matters.&h...
…to 2000, he served as parliamentary secretary to the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1998, he brought forward a private member's bill to overturn Louis Riel's conviction for high treason and recognize him as a Father of Confeder...
…so served as justice of the peace and municipal councillor. In 1874, Lussier married Marie-Louise, the daughter of seigneur Gaspard-Aim Massue. He organized a campaign to assist the family of Louis Riel. Lussier was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1897. He died ...
…Archibald continued to pursue a policy of conciliation with the province's Mtis population, encouraging them to register their lands and even meeting with Louis Riel after an armed Mtis band had defended the government against Fenian invaders from America. His real intentions were to prevent...
