Manitoba History, September 22nd, 1996
Penny van Toorn, Rudy Wiebe and the Historicity of the Word. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1995. Pp. 256. ISBN 0-88864-265-2. Popular western Canadian historians have long claimed Rudy Wiebe as one of their own. His novels, The Temptations of Big Bear, The Scorched Wood People, and The Mad Trapper, as well as the inclusion of his short stories in works such as Stories from Western Canada seemed to place his works firmly in that genre. The Temptations of Big Bear, about the 19th century Cree chief, The Scorched Wood People, about Riel and the Metis, have been seen as offering popular ...
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