Honoré Jaxon : Prairie Visionary / Donald B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Donald B., 1946 May-, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, William Henry, 1861-1952.

Jackson, William Henry.

Political activists--Canada--Biography.

Political activists.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2023]

Summary:

Honoré Jaxon presents the life story of a complex political figure who invented an Indigenous ancestry he did not, in fact, possess.

Contents:

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

PROLOGUE: NEW YORK CITY, WINTER 1951-52

NOTE ON USAGE

CHAPTER 1 YOUNG WILL 1861-77

CHAPTER 2 CALL TO GREATNESS 1878-84

CHAPTER 3 "RIEL'S SECRETARY," 1884-85

CHAPTER 4 THE TRIAL, THE LUNATIC ASYLUM, AND EXILE 1885-86

CHAPTER 5 JACKSON BECOMES JAXON 1886-89

CHAPTER 6 CHICAGO'S "LONG-HAIRED CHILD OF DESTINY," 1890-96

CHAPTER 7 HONORÉ IN LOVE 1897-1907

CHAPTER 8 RETURN OF THE "NATIVE" SON 1907-09

CHAPTER 9 CRESCENDO 1910-18

CHAPTER 10 TRYING TO BECOME A CAPITALIST 1919-36

CHAPTER 11 LIGHT, STORM, AND SHADOW 1937-45

CHAPTER 12 THE DESCENT, NEW YORK CITY 1946-52

CONCLUSION: THE SUMMING UP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ENDNOTES

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-5017-0

1-4875-5015-4

OCLC:

1396160360