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Le wild west show de Gabriel Dumont = Gabriel Dumont's wild west show

Le wild west show de Gabriel Dumont = Gabriel Dumont's wild west show

Dalpé, Jean Marc, 1957- author.
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Gabriel Dumont's Wild West Show is a flamboyant epic, constructed as a series of tableaux, about the struggles of the Métis in the Canadian West. It is a multilayered and entertaining saga with a rodeo vibe, loosely based on Buffalo Bill's legendary outdoor travelling show. In 1885, following the hanging of his friend Louis Riel, bison hunter Gabriel Dumont fled to the United States. There he was recruited by the legendary Buffalo Bill, founder...

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Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906
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ISBN:
9781772013191
Description:
147 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 156 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Gabriel Dumont's wild west show
Notes:
A play
Bound tête-bêche
French and English, back-to-back and inverted ; includes text in Mitchif and Cree
Control Number:
3055549
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Container of (expression): Dalpé, Jean Marc, 1957- Wild west show de Gabriel Dumont. English
Container of (work): Dalpé, Jean Marc, 1957- Wild West show de Gabriel Dumont
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