The Battle of Seven Oaks
And the Violent Birth of The Red River Settlement
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2005
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554390250
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
For many Metis, the Battle of Seven Oaks is the historic moment when their people first stood up for their rights as a nation against England and the Hudson's Bay company. This book chronicles the dramatic struggle between the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, out of which the Red River settlement (and later, Winnipeg) was born.
About the author
IRENE GORDON, who lives along the historic Assiniboine River just west of Winnipeg, has had a passion for history, reading and writing since childhood. After a career as a teacher-librarian, she became a freelance writer in 1998.