The False Traitor: Louis Riel in Canadian Culture

by Albert Braz

Book Overview

The nineteenth-century M tis 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-Canadian and Catholic martyr; a bloodthirsty rebel; a pan-American liberator; a pawn of shadowy white forces; a Prairie political maverick; a First Nations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083145
• ISBN13: 9780802083142
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher