books.google.ca - When, in 1983, the first edition of Riel and the Rebellion was published, the scholarly controversy concerning Thomas Flanagan's interpretation of the Rebellion of 1885 escalated to one of national significance. One of the few books that presents a countervailing view to the traditional interpretation...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Riel_and_the_rebellion.html?id=4u4RGj742v0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRiel and the rebellion