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portada Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6x15.2x2.3 cm
Weight
0.45 kg.
ISBN13
9781487550141
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Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary

Donald Smith (Author) · Multilingual Matters / Channel View · Paperback

Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary - Smith, Donald

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Synopsis "Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary"

Born in 1861 to a Methodist family, William Henry Jackson grew up in Ontario before moving to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he sympathized with the Métis and became personal secretary to Louis Riel. After the Métis defeat a Regina court committed the young English Canadian idealist to the lunatic asylum at Lower Fort Garry. He eventually escaped to the United States, joined the labour union movement, and renounced his race. Self-identifying as Métis, he changed his name to the French-sounding "Honoré Jaxon" and devoted the remainder of his life to fighting for the working class and the Indigenous peoples of North America.In Honoré Jaxon, Donald B. Smith draws on extensive archival research and interviews with family members to present a definitive biography of this complex political man. The book follows Jaxon into the 1940s, where his life mission became the establishment of a library for the First Nations in Saskatchewan, collecting as many books, newspapers, and pamphlets relating to the Métis people as possible. In 1951, at age ninety, he was evicted from his apartment and his library discarded to the New York City dump. In poor health and broken in spirit, he died one month later.Heavily illustrated, Honoré Jaxon recounts the complicated story of a young English Canadian who imagined a society in which English and French, Indigenous and Métis would be equals.

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