Coles Publishing , 1970, Facsimile of 1885 edition published by J. S. Robertson & Brothers, b/w illustrations. Light edge & corner wear, light staining to one outer edge, light creasing to back upper corner and last few pages. Several tiny edge tears to pages. Pages otherwise clean and tight.

The story of the Riel led rebellion in the Canadian Red River country. Louis Riel, the Canadian religious figure and prophet of a new order in the West who was plagued with bouts of insanity, was a once enigmatic man who has become one of the most closely scrutinized figures in Canadian history, leading to a century-long debate about whether Riel was a great political leader or a madman..... Louis Riel died on the gallows in 1885, and his nation died with him.  8vo (300-osl)