Inventing Sam Slick : : A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton /

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

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 n...

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Davies, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2004
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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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