false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173295109m/269353.jpg 269353 5 <div><div><b>&#8220;It has the thoroughness of a history book yet reads with the personalized vision of a novel.&#8221; &#8211;<i>Time</i></b></div><div><i></i><br> </div><div><div>Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography <i>Louis Riel</i>, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Métis leader. Brown coolly documents with dramatic subtlety the violent rebellion on the Canadian prairie led by Riel, who some regard a martyr who died in the name of freedom, while others consider him a treacherous murderer.</div></div></div> 296744 2003 Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography total:335|5:95|4:147|3:78|2:13|1:2| 335 1325 438 45 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Mar 09 22:55:16 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:55:16 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 04:53:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 04:55:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:34:35 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:46:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:06:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:12:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 15:33:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:35:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 21:51:36 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:27:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 27 19:51:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 08:50:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:32:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:38:10 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Oct 06 17:50:47 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 17:52:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 09:41:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 09:41:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 10:01:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:02:06 -0700 2009
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