The Great Wave of Civilization

The destruction of the people of the Blackfoot Confederacy by the liquor trade. Cast of 5 women and 13 men.

A propos de l'auteur

Born in Alberta in 1936, Herschel Hardin has written many non-fiction books on Canadian society and politics, and plays including Esker Mike and His Wife, Agiluk (1973) and The Great Wave of Civilization (1976). He recently ran for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party. He lives in West Vancouver, B.C.

Résumé

The Great Wave of Civilization is Herschel Hardin’s play about the destruction of the people of the Blackfoot Confederacy by the liquor trade in Montana and Alberta in the 19th century. Little Dog of the Northern Blackfoot tribe vs. Snookum Jim, free trader, I.G. Baker, merchant-prince of Fort Benton and the rest of the “great wave of civilization.”

Cast of five women and 13 men.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Herschel Hardin, Herschel Hardin
• Edition: Talonbooks
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 17.02.1976
• EAN: 9780889221062
• ISBN: 978-0-88922-106-2
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 8 mm
• Poids: 159 g
• Thèmes: Talonplays; Talonplays
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée