The False Traitor : : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture / / Albert Braz.

The nineteenth-century Métis politician and mystic Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular - and elusive - figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted variously as a traitor to Confederation; a French-Canadi...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2003
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction - Louis Kiel: A Central Voice from the Margins
  • 1 The Red River Patriot
  • 2 The Traitor
  • 3 The Martyr (I)
  • 4 The Go-Between
  • 5 The Martyr (II)
  • 6 The Mystic/Madman
  • Conclusion - Riel: Canadian Patriot in spite of Himself
  • Notes