
The Clockmaker
Series One, Two and Three
In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller of clocks, with his original dialect and unique comic vision, to become the chief character in three series of The Clockmaker published between 1836 and 1840.
- ISBN 13 : 9780886292133
- ISBN 10 : 0886292131
- Judul : The Clockmaker
- Sub Judul : Series One, Two and Three
- Pengarang : Thomas Chandler Haliburton, George L. Parker, George L. Parker,
- Kategori : Poetry
- Penerbit : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
- Bahasa : en
- Tahun : 1995
- Halaman : 867
- Halaman : 867
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Ketersediaan :
Du Canada (1931). He was also referred to in several entries — Halifax, Windsor,
Nova Scotia, and Haliburton, Ontario, for example — in Albert and Theresa
Moritz's The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Canada, published in 1987.
Especially from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Haliburton has been
considered a major writer in Canadian literature. In 1884 Charles G. D. Roberts
and F. Blake Crofton were among the founders of a literary society at King's
College, Windsor, ...