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Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont / by Joseph Boyden ; with an introduction by John Ralston Saul.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F 1060.9 .B69 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
- Series:
- Extraordinary Canadians
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
- Riel, Louis.
- Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906.
- Dumont, Gabriel.
- Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885.
- Métis--Prairie Provinces--Biography.
- Métis.
- Canada--History--1867-1914.
- Canada.
- Dumont, Gabriel, 1838-1906.
- Prairie Provinces.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2013.
- Summary:
- Louis Riel, a controversial Métis mystic and visionary, fought for his people's rights against an encroaching tide of white settlers. Hunter and Métis leader Gabriel Dumont, a man tested by warfare, was, in contrast, a pragmatic realist of the land. Novelist Joseph Boyden explores the tumultuous year when Riel and Dumont united the Métis while dividing a nation. Could Dumont have foreseen the impact on the Métis cause when he brought Riel home? While making rational demands of Sir John A. Macdonald, Riel seemed increasingly overtaken by a messianic mission. His controversial execution by the Canadian government in 1885 still reverberates today. Boyden creates a portrait of two seminal Canadian figures who helped shape the country.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
- ISBN:
- 9780143055860
- 0143055860
- OCLC:
- 827828579
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