LEADER 03535nam 2200589 450 001 9910795102903321 005 20230501055427.0 010 $a1-4426-5808-8 010 $a1-4426-2735-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442627352 035 $a(CKB)4940000000585658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670068 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670068 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256582 035 $a(OCoLC)958571226 035 $a(DE-B1597)465523 035 $a(OCoLC)979781042 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442627352 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106765 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000585658 100 $a20160923h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aInventing Sam Slick $ea biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton /$fRichard A. Davies 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (353 pages) $cillustrations, maps, photographs 225 0 $aHeritage 311 0 $a0-8020-5001-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPart One: 'This is my own, my native land' --$tChapter 1. Alias 'Sam Slick' --$tChapter 2. Yankee Heritage --$tChapter 3. King's College and Marriage --$tChapter 4. Annapolis Royal and the General Description --$tChapter 5. The Legislature and the 'Club' --$tChapter 6. Historian and Judge --$tChapter 7. Clifton and The Clockmaker --$tChapter 8. A Tradition of Yankee Humour --$tChapter 9. Career in Crisis --$tPart Two: A Literary Career --$tChapter 10. The Greatest Lion in London --$tChapter 11. Moving in the Best of Circles --$tChapter 12. Bubbles of Canada and Reply to the Earl of Durham --$tChapter 13. Microcosms: Clifton and the Great Western --$tChapter 14. More Clockmaking and More New Relations --$tChapter 15. The Death of Louisa --$tChapter 16. A Three-Hundred-Year-Old Tory Returned to Life --$tChapter 17. The Death of Tom Jr --$tChapter 18. Stepping Out of the Frame --$tChapter 19. Sam Slick Rides Again --$tChapter 20. End of an Era --$tPart Three: Sam Slick in England --$tChapter 21. A New Career --$tChapter 22. A Hectic Social Life --$tChapter 23. Member of Parliament for Launceston --$tChapter 24. The Clash with Gladstone --$tChapter 25. The Canada Land and Emigration Company --$tChapter 26. Launceston, Parliament, and Isleworth --$tChapter 27. The Banting System --$tChapter 28. The Last of the Tories --$tAppendix: Haliburton Family Tree --$tNotes --$tWorks by Thomas Chandler Haliburton --$tIllustration Credits --$tIndex 330 $aBased 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. 606 $aJudges$zNova Scotia$vBiography 606 $aPoliticians$zNova Scotia$vBiography 606 $aLawyers$zNova Scotia$vBiography 607 $aNova Scotia$vBiography 615 0$aJudges 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aLawyers 676 $aC818/.309 700 $aDavies$b Richard A.$0118823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795102903321 996 $aInventing Sam Slick$93784487 997 $aUNINA