Managed by author Frank H. Anderson, Frontier Books published more than 100 books on western Canadian history. This book, Frontier Book No. 3, contains a lively and somewhat sympathetic account of the 1885 North-West Resistance, during which Louis Riel led Métis forces against Canadian militia and the North-West Mounted Police. Anderson reviews the events leading up the rebellion, recounts major battles (at Duck Lake, Fish Creek, and Batoche), and closes with an account of Riel’s trial and execution. Maps of battle sites, portraits of key figures, and photographs of rebellion events/locales appear throughout.
