Inventing Sam Slick : a biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton /
Davies, Richard A.,
Inventing Sam Slick : a biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton / Richard A. Davies. - Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One: 'This is my own, my native land' -- Part Two: A Literary Career -- Part Three: Sam Slick in England Appendix: Haliburton Family Tree.
"Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada's best-known authors. His popular 'Sam Slick the Clockmaker' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States." "Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels." "Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of Nova Scotia."--Jacket.
9781442627352
Judges--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Politicians--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Lawyers--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PR9199 / .I584 2005
Inventing Sam Slick : a biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton / Richard A. Davies. - Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One: 'This is my own, my native land' -- Part Two: A Literary Career -- Part Three: Sam Slick in England Appendix: Haliburton Family Tree.
"Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada's best-known authors. His popular 'Sam Slick the Clockmaker' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States." "Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels." "Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of Nova Scotia."--Jacket.
9781442627352
Judges--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Politicians--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Lawyers--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PR9199 / .I584 2005