Inventing Sam Slick : a biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton / / Richard A. Davies

• Autore: Davies Richard A.
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
• Disciplina: C818/.309
• Soggetto topico: Judges - Nova Scotia; Politicians - Nova Scotia; Lawyers - Nova Scotia
• Soggetto geografico: Nova Scotia Biography
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inventing Sam Slick
• ISBN: 1-4426-5808-8; 1-4426-2735-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795102903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II