Inventing Sam Slick : a Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton.

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Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, > 1796-1865.
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, > 1796-1865
Judges > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Politicians > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Lawyers > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Politiciens > Nouvelle-Écosse > Biographies.
Judges
Lawyers
Politicians
Nova Scotia > Biography.
Nova Scotia
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One: 'This is my own, my native land'
  • Chapter 1. Alias 'Sam Slick'
  • Chapter 2. Yankee Heritage
  • Chapter 3. King's College and Marriage
  • Chapter 4. Annapolis Royal and the General Description
  • Chapter 5. The Legislature and the 'Club'
  • Chapter 6. Historian and Judge
  • Chapter 7. Clifton and The Clockmaker
  • Chapter 8. A Tradition of Yankee Humour
  • Chapter 9. Career in Crisis
  • Part Two: A Literary Career
  • Chapter 10. The Greatest Lion in London
  • Chapter 11. Moving in the Best of Circles
  • Chapter 12. Bubbles of Canada and Reply to the Earl of Durham
  • Chapter 13. Microcosms: Clifton and the Great Western
  • Chapter 14. More Clockmaking and More New Relations
  • Chapter 15. The Death of Louisa
  • Chapter 16. A Three-Hundred-Year-Old Tory Returned to Life
  • Chapter 17. The Death of Tom Jr
  • Chapter 18. Stepping Out of the Frame
  • Chapter 19. Sam Slick Rides Again
  • Chapter 20. End of an Era
  • Part Three: Sam Slick in England
  • Chapter 21. A New Career
  • Chapter 22. A Hectic Social Life
  • Chapter 23. Member of Parliament for Launceston
  • Chapter 24. The Clash with Gladstone
  • Chapter 25. The Canada Land and Emigration Company
  • Chapter 26. Launceston, Parliament, and Isleworth
  • Chapter 27. The Banting System
  • Chapter 28. The Last of the Tories
  • Appendix: Haliburton Family Tree
  • Notes
  • Works by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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