The Collected Writings of Louis Riel / Les Ecrits Complets de Louis Riel

Riel, Louis. Stanley, George F.G.

ISBN 10: 0888640919 / ISBN 13: 9780888640918

Published by The University of Alberta Press 978-0-88864-091-8, Edmonton

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[978-0-88864-091-8] 1985. (hardcover) As new. 546; 482; 637; 544; 360pp. Frontispieces of Riel, illus. Boxed, as issued. In Five Volumes. Volume One: 29 December 1861 to 7 December 1875 (Raymond Huel, Ed.); Volume Two, 8 December 1875 to 4 June 1884 (Gilles Martel, Ed.); Volume Three, 5 June 1884 to 16 November 1885 (Thomas Flanagan, Ed.); Volume Four, Poetry (Glen Campbell, Ed.); Volume Five, Reference (George F.G. Stanley, Thomas Flanagan and Claude Rocan, Eds), including extensive bibliographies and indices. Volume five is particularly useful for the biographies of many otherwise unrecorded individuals connected with Riel and the two insurrections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Writings of Louis Riel / Les Ecrits Complets de Louis Riel
• Publisher: The University of Alberta Press 978-0-88864-091-8, Edmonton
• ISBN 10: 0888640919
• ISBN 13: 9780888640918
• Binding: Hardcover
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Synopsis

This critical, definitive edition is composed of five annotated volumes: three of letters, diaries, declarations, and other prose writings, ordered chronologically; one of poetry; and a reference volume. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Riel and his influence on the history of Western Canada.

About the Author

Raymond Huel is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Huel is general editor of "The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West" series. He also published Proclaiming the Gospel to the Indians and Metis with the University of Alberta Press.