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Strange empire : a narrative of the Northwest / Joseph Kinsey Howard ; with a new introd. by Nicholas C.P. Vrooman.
- Title
- Strange empire : a narrative of the Northwest / Joseph Kinsey Howard ; with a new introd. by Nicholas C.P. Vrooman.
- Author
- Howard, Joseph Kinsey, 1906-1951
- Publication
- St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [1994]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F1060.9 .H7 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxv, 601 p. : maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The tragic story of Louis Riel, the Metis people, and their struggle for a homeland on the plains of the U.S.-Canada border.
- Series Statement
- Borealis books
- Uniform Title
- Borealis (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1952.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-588) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction to the reprint edition / by Nicholas C.P. Vrooman -- Joseph Kinsey Howard / by Bernard DeVoto -- Introduction: Once sure and certain loyalty -- pt. 1. Falcon's song -- ch. 1. Heart of a continent -- ch. 2. Freedom road -- ch. 3. Manifest destiny -- ch. 4 . Chance of glory -- pt. 2. New nation -- ch. 5. Gentlemen in Pembina -- ch. 6. The whole unbounded continent -- ch. 7. A people ... free to choose -- ch. 8. Mr. Smith wins an empire -- ch. 9. Four voted for death -- pt. 3. Crackpot crusade -- ch. 10. The jolly boys -- ch. 11. The wardens of the plains -- ch. 12. The politicians -- pt. 4. Decade of death -- ch. 13. The dusk of evening -- ch. 14. The freedoms and the fence -- ch. 15. The Prince of the Prairies -- pt. 5. Path of providence -- ch. 16. The Psalms of David -- ch. 17. John Brown of the half-breeds -- ch. 18. Leader of a sedition -- pt. 6. Prophet on horseback -- ch. 19. The right of people -- ch. 20. "Marchons, mes braves!" -- ch. 21. Justice commands -- ch. 22. Malbrouck has gone a-fighting -- pt. 7. Cardboard shrine -- ch. 23. The ignorant armies -- ch. 24. The darkling plain -- ch. 25. The struggle and flight -- pt. 8. High treason -- ch. 26. Instigation of the Devil -- ch. 27. To the place appointed ... ch. 28. Deliver us from evil.
- ISBN
- 0873512987
- LCCN
- ^^^94027626^
- OCLC
- 30700707
- SCSB-12462109
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library