M. Max Hamon (Ph.D. 2018) wins the coveted 2019 Wilson Book Prize

Congratulations to M. Max Hamon! He just received the 2019 Wilson Book Prize for his first book The Audacity of His Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation That Canada Never Was, 1840–1875, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2020.

It is rare for a recently minted Ph.D. (McGill 2018) to revise and publish a dissertation quickly. It is even rarer to win a major prize immediately!

M. Max Hamon’s book revises the long-standing portrayal of Louis Riel (1844-1885), an iconic figure in Canadian history best known for his roles in the Red River Resistance of 1869 and the Northwest Resistance of 1885, as a rebel. Together with the Métis people he led, he was much more involved in the making of the Canadian state than historians have previously acknowledged.

Congratulations!