The Clockmaker: The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville (New Canadian Library (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0771096259 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His shrewd observations and witty commentaries make up the thirty-three sketches of The Clockmaker.First serialized in 1835 and 1836 and then published together in late 1836 in response to public demand, the sketches of The Clockmaker established Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton as a satirical humorist of international stature.The New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text. From the Inside Flap Sam Slick of Slickville, Connecticut, is a Yankee clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of early nineteenth-century Nova Scotia.
Sam Slick of Slickville, Connecticut, is a Yankee clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of early nineteenth-century Nova Scotia. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries make up the thirty-three sketches of The Clockmaker.First serialized in 1835 and 1836 and then published together in late 1836 in response to public demand, the sketches of The Clockmaker established Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton as a satirical humorist of international stature.The New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text.From the Paperback edition.
Nova Scotia meets Sam Slick: never the same again Series of short stories written originally for The Nova Scotian in the early 1830s. The narrator while riding through Nova Scotia meets an itinerant clock seller - Samual Slick of Slickville, Connecticut. The stories concern the views and opinions of Slick about - well, almost anything. And, for the most part, they are funny. A great deal of the book is a satire or parody of the moralizing story popular at the time: although occasionally, the stories themselves do fall into the moralizing trap themselves. If nothing else, great history as told by a contemporary neighbour
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1796. He published a second series of sketches in 1838 and a third in 1840.In 1856 Haliburton retired and moved to England, where he represented Launceston in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865.Thomas Chandler Haliburton died in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, in 1865.From the Paperback edition.. In the 1830s he turned to humorous and satiric