About Marcel Giraud Marcel Giraud, professor emeritus at the Collège de France, is the author of several books, including A History of French Louisiana, in five volumes, and the two-volume work The Métis in the Canadian West. Books by Marcel Giraud The Metis in the Canadian West: Volume II by (author) Marcel Giraud translated by George Woodcock The Metis in the Canadian West: Volume I Volume I by (author) Marcel Giraud translated by George Woodcock