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whai is summary of riel's defence book​

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The focus of this collection of essays is two speeches given by the Métis leader Louis Riel at his trial for high treason. Nearly all Cana-dians have heard about Riel, and most people with an interest in Canadian history know about the speeches, but few have paused to consider them in detail. They are the last public statements of defence by a man who has an ineradicable place in Canadian history, who combined his personal vision with a national vision,and who left it with us under extraordinary circumstances.

Riel’s speeches interest us partly because of their autobiographical character: they give...