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Inventing Sam Slick : A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2004.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Front matter -- |t Contents -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Part One: 'This is my own, my native land' -- |t Chapter 1. Alias 'Sam Slick' -- |t Chapter 2. Yankee Heritage -- |t Chapter 3. King's College and Marriage -- |t Chapter 4. Annapolis Royal and the General Description -- |t Chapter 5. The Legislature and the 'Club' -- |t Chapter 6. Historian and Judge -- |t Chapter 7. Clifton and The Clockmaker -- |t Chapter 8. A Tradition of Yankee Humour -- |t Chapter 9. Career in Crisis -- |t Part Two: A Literary Career -- |t Chapter 10. The Greatest Lion in London -- |t Chapter 11. Moving in the Best of Circles -- |t Chapter 12. Bubbles of Canada and Reply to the Earl of Durham -- |t Chapter 13. Microcosms: Clifton and the Great Western -- |t Chapter 14. More Clockmaking and More New Relations -- |t Chapter 15. The Death of Louisa -- |t Chapter 16. A Three-Hundred-Year-Old Tory Returned to Life -- |t Chapter 17. The Death of Tom Jr -- |t Chapter 18. Stepping Out of the Frame -- |t Chapter 19. Sam Slick Rides Again -- |t Chapter 20. End of an Era -- |t Part Three: Sam Slick in England -- |t Chapter 21. A New Career -- |t Chapter 22. A Hectic Social Life -- |t Chapter 23. Member of Parliament for Launceston -- |t Chapter 24. The Clash with Gladstone -- |t Chapter 25. The Canada Land and Emigration Company -- |t Chapter 26. Launceston, Parliament, and Isleworth -- |t Chapter 27. The Banting System -- |t Chapter 28. The Last of the Tories -- |t Appendix: Haliburton Family Tree -- |t Notes -- |t Works by Thomas Chandler Haliburton -- |t Illustration Credits -- |t Index |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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