Marie-Anne: The Extraordinary Life of Louis Riel's Grandmother

by Maggie Siggins

Book Overview

Compulsively readable, this first social history of the opening up of the Canadian West is a triumph of historical detective work and gives us Siggins at the top of her game. While researching the biography of Louis Riel, Maggie Siggins became aware of a figure lurking in the background who had had a profound influence on the great Canadian reformer. This was his grand-mother Marie-Anne Lagimodiere, nee Gaboury. As Siggins' research progressed, she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771080298
• ISBN13: 9780771080296
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.