Extraordinary Canadians Louis Riel And Gabriel Dumont

Author : Joseph Boyden
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143178750

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Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont by Joseph Boyden Pdf

Louis Riel is regarded by some as a hero and visionary, by others as a madman and misguided religious zealot. The Métis leader who fought for the rights of his people against an encroaching tide of white settlers helped establish the province of Manitoba before escaping to the United States. Gabriel Dumont was a successful hunter and Métis chief, a man tested by warfare, a pragmatist who differed from the devout Riel. Giller Prize—winning novelist Joseph Boyden argues that Dumont, part of a delegation that had sought out Riel in exile, may not have foreseen the impact on the Métis cause of bringing Riel home. While making rational demands of Sir John A. Macdonald's government, Riel seemed increasingly overtaken by a messianic mission. His execution in 1885 by the Canadian government still reverberates today. Boyden provides fresh, controversial insight into these two seminal Canadian figures and how they shaped the country.

Author : Joseph Boyden
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39076002902653

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Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont by Joseph Boyden Pdf

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188).

Author : Joseph Boyden
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143055860

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Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont by Joseph Boyden Pdf

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. Celebrated 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, with his powerful narrative skill, creates an unforgettable portrait of two seminal Canadian figures who helped shape the country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091226335

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Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont by Anonim Pdf

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. Celebrated 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, with his powerful narrative skill, creates an unforgettable portrait of two seminal Canadian figures who helped shape the country.

Author : Rudy Wiebe
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143172703

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Extraordinary Canadians: Big Bear by Rudy Wiebe Pdf

Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. Rudy Wiebe, author of a Governor General’s Award–winning novel about Big Bear, revisits the life of the eloquent statesman, one of Canada’s most important aboriginal leaders.

Author : George Woodcock,J.R. Miller
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551115751

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Gabriel Dumont by George Woodcock,J.R. Miller Pdf

"The reissue of George Woodcock's superb biography once again opens a door on the vanished world of the nineteenth century Canadian Prairies." - Richard Sandhurst, Prairie Books NOW

Author : Andre Pratte
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143180449

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Extraordinary Canadians Wilfrid Laurier by Andre Pratte Pdf

Everyone knows that Wilfrid Laurier was a great prime minister, an astonishing speaker, and a survivor. But nobody has looked at him as more than a mythological figure for a very long time. André Pratte, chief editorial writer of La Presse, uncovers Laurier's full complexity amid the charged political circumstances of the early 20th century. Laurier tried to unite a country deeply divided in the wake of the First World War, grappling with the thorny questions of minority rights, multiple cultures, and regional tensions. A superb orator—his defence of Louis Riel established him as perhaps Canada's greatest speaker—he talked to his listeners as if they were as intelligent and well-read as he. Pratte reveals a Laurier who did not have to create a special political strategy in order to deal with the complexities of Canada. His personality, in and of itself, was a mirror of that complexity. Pratte's Laurier affirms our long and stable history, while recognizing that events are never predictable. Like Laurier, great leaders must accept both to govern Canada successfully.

Author : Andrew Cohen
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143172697

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Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson by Andrew Cohen Pdf

In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 1963–1968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Auto Pact, and the new Maple Leaf flag. Pearson came to power after an impressive career as a diplomat, where he played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as president of its General Assembly. He put Canada on the world stage when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his handling of the Suez Crisis, during which he brokered the formation of a UN peacekeeping force. Author Andrew Cohen, whose books have focused on Canada’s place in the world, is the perfect author to assess Pearson’s legacy.

Author : Charles Foran
Publisher : Viking
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Hockey players
ISBN : 0670064122

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Maurice Richard by Charles Foran Pdf

Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. A proud, reticent man, Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens. But he represented far more than a high-scoring forward who filled seats in NHL arenas. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game season in 1944-45 and through his battles with the league over bigotry toward French-Canadian players, Richard's on-ice ferocity and off-ice dignity echoed the change in Quebec. The March 1955 "Richard Riot," in which fans went on a rampage to protest his suspension, contained the seeds of transformation. By the time Richard retired in 1960, Quebec had begun to reinvent itself as a modern, secular society. Author Charles Foran argues that the province's passionate identification with Richard's success and struggles emboldened its people and changed Canada irrevocably.

Author : Susanna Moodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : PRNC:32101068585205

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Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie Pdf

Author : Joseph Boyden
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143175650

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Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden Pdf

From internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden comes an astonishingly powerful novel of contemporary Aboriginal life, full of the dangers and harsh beauty of both forest and city. When beautiful Suzanne Bird disappears after moving to the city, her sister Annie, a loner and hunter, is compelled to go in search of her. To follow her sister's trail, Annie must leave behind their uncle, Will, a man haunted by loss. While Annie travels from Toronto to New York, from modelling studios to A-list parties, Will encounters dire troubles. Both eventually come to painful discoveries about the inescapable ties of family. Winner of the 2008 Giller Prize, Through Black Spruce is an utterly unforgettable consideration of how we discover who we really are.

Author : Douglas Coupland
Publisher : Atlas and Company
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781935633167

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Marshall McLuhan by Douglas Coupland Pdf

Surveys the life and career of the social theorist best known for the quotation, "The medium is the message, " who helped shape the culture of the 1960s and predicted the future of television and the rise of the Internet.

Author : Joseph Boyden
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143189718

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Born With A Tooth by Joseph Boyden Pdf

Before internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden penned his bestselling novel Three Day Road and his Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, Through Black Spruce, he published a powerful collection of thirteen stories about modern Aboriginal life that made readers and reviewers take notice. These stories of love, loss, rage and resilience match virtuosic style with clever wit to turn stereotypes on their head and reveal the traditions and grace of our First Peoples. Readers come to know a butterfly-costumed boy fascinated by the world of professional wrestling, a young woman who falls in love with a wolf, to the leader of an all-girl Native punk band and Painted Tongue, the unforgettable character from Through Black Spruce. Though each story is told in a different and distinct voice, they are all united by their captivating vitality, nuanced perceptions and vigorous prose.

Author : Albert Raimundo Braz
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802083145

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The False Traitor by Albert Raimundo Braz Pdf

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-Canadian and Catholic martyr; a bloodthirsty rebel; a pan-American liberator; a pawn of shadowy white forces; a Prairie political maverick; a First Nations hero; an alienated intellectual; a victim of Western industrial progress; and even a Father of Confederation. Albert Braz synthesizes the available material by and about Riel, including film, sculpture, and cartoons, as well as literature in French and English, and analyzes how an historical figure could be portrayed in such contradictory ways. In light of the fact that most aesthetic representations of Riel bear little resemblance not only to one another but also to their purported model, Braz suggests that they reveal less about Riel than they do about their authors and the society to which they belong. The most comprehensive treatment of the representations of Louis Riel in Canadian literature, The False Traitor will be a seminal work in the study of this popular Canadian figure.

Author : Cat Klerks
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551539551

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The Incredible Adventures of Louis Riel by Cat Klerks Pdf

Louis Riel, perhaps the most controversial figure in Canadian history, emerged as a leader of the Metis which led to his death by hanging in 1885.