ISBN:
9780889226937
Pages: 144 pp
Pub. Date:
May 15 2012
Dimensions: 8" x 10" x 0.375"
Rights: Available: WORLD
Categories
Non-Fiction / PHO010000
- HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation
- HISTORY / Military / General
- PHOTOGRAPHY / History
The Battle of Batoche is the best-known confrontation between Métis and British soldiers in the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It remains one of Canada’s most emotion-laden memories, eloquently revisited in this revised and expanded edition.The strategies of both sides are thoroughly examined, and numerous maps and photographs offer detailed description of the fateful battle. Introduction by Jean Teillet, great-grandniece of Louis Riel.
“The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis is worth acquiring just for the quality of its introductory and concluding sections. Precise writing and perceptive analysis make this study a pleasure to read … Hildebrandt is one of the few authors that carefully places the events of 1885 in a national and international context.”
—Manitoba History
