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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865.
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Canadian fiction -- 19th century.
Wit and humor -- Fiction.
Canadian wit and humor.
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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865.
Canadian fiction -- 19th century.
Wit and humor -- Fiction.
Canadian wit and humor.
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The
clockmaker
: or, The
sayings
and
doings
of
Samuel
Slick
, of
Slickville
/ Thomas Chandler Haliburton ; with an afterword by Robert L. McDougall.
by
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865.
McClelland & Stewart, 1993.
Call #:
819.7 H172c
Subjects
Canadian fiction -- 19th century.
Wit and humor -- Fiction.
Canadian wit and humor.
Series
New Canadian library.
ISBN:
9780771096259 (2007 New Canadian Library pbk.)
077109888X (1993 McClelland & Stewart)
Alternate title:
The
sayings
and
doings
of
Samuel
Slick
, of
Slickville
.
Description:
220 p. ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
An unabridged reprint of the complete original text of The
Clockmaker
published by Joseph Howe, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1836. Includes an afterword by Robert L. McDougall. 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.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
819.7 H172c
1993
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