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George Woodcock is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.
The reissue of George Woodcock's superb biography, Gabriel Dumont: The Métis Chief and His Lost World, once again opens a door on the vanished world of the nineteenth century Canadian Prairies. It is a door that has been closed for far too long.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85. Seller Inventory # G088830126XI3N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85. Seller Inventory # G088830126XI3N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85. Seller Inventory # G088830126XI3N01
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85. Seller Inventory # G088830126XI3N00
Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_373069578
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 088830126X. Trade Paperback. Later printing-1976. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor crease at front hinge; slight creases and rubs; small red dot on outer edge of title page; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature. Seller Inventory # 4212383
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Metis Chief and his Lost World '. 256 pages including bibliography with a section of b/w photos at center. Dumont was born in 1837 in Manitoba and went on to play a major role in Metis politics in Canada. Read more about : Cayens, Riel, South Branch House, Clarke's Crossing, half-castes, pemmican, Gilbert Breland, Baptiste Primeau and redcoats. Cond : Paper wrapper is black with white and gilt coloured lettering. Portrait of Dumont on cover. Binding badly shaken, spine leans, cover crease. Edge wear. Else a very good reading copy. No names, marks, nor tears. Canadian history !! Quote (p. 81) : " There is no direct evidence other than Dumont's own accounts regarding this encounter with Riel in 1870, but at least two writers with special knowledge of the times were convinced that it took place. Adolphe Ouimet, a Quebec lawyer who took an active part in organizing Dumont's tour of ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 006503
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good +. 256 pp, b/w photos. Wraps rubbed, creased corners. Seller Inventory # 058728
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; name on ffep; light corner wear; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; "A full-scale portrait of the heroic Dumont, the gret buffalo hunter and leader of the Saskatchewan Metis. It is also a most moving account of the tragic events of 1885.". Seller Inventory # 002023