Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont: A Penguin Lives Biography - Couverture souple

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Boyden, Joseph

 
9780143055860: Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont: A Penguin Lives Biography
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ISBN 10 : 0143055860 ISBN 13 : 9780143055860
Editeur : Hamish Hamilton, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

JOSEPH BOYDEN's first novel, Three Day Road, was selected for the Today Show Book Club, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the CBA Libris Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named the Canadian Booksellers Association Fiction Book of the Year; it also earned him the CBA’s Author of the Year Award. His most recent novel, The Orenda, won Canada Reads and was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Boyden divides his time between Northern Ontario and Louisiana.

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Éditeur
Hamish Hamilton
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0143055860
ISBN 13 
9780143055860
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780670066711: Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont: A Penguin Lives Biography

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ISBN 10 :  0670066710 ISBN 13 :  9780670066711
Editeur : Penguin Canada, 2010
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