Louis Riel : a comic-strip biography / Chester Brown

Although a topic thoroughly covered in Canadian history, Louis Riel : a Comic-strip Biography presents the life of Louis Riel in a unique way: the graphic novel. Chester Brown's incredible illustrations support the story by presenting caricatures of the characters, giving the reader an insight into them in a way that a book filled simply with words never could. The book covers history from 1869 with the sale of the Red River Settlement in the territory that would become Manitoba, to Riel's death. Riel, who some think was one of Canada's founding fathers and others think was a murderer who tried to destroy the country, was a religious zealot and probably crazy. Brown presents a very subjective view of history, complete with maps, footnotes and a bibliography.

Louis Riel : a comic-strip biography can be found on the shelves at FC 3217.1 .R5 B76 2003