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Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865)

Autor/a de The Clockmaker

28+ obres 216 Membres 3 Ressenyes

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton was born on December 17, 1796, in Windsor, Nova Scotia. After graduating from Kings College in Windsor, Haliburton opened a law practice at Annapolis Royal. Twenty years later, in 1841, Haliburton was appointed a Judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. In addition to his mostra'n més work as a lawyer, politician, and judge, Haliburton was an author, the first Canadian writer to gain international attention during the 19th century. He is best known for the book The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick of Slickville, featuring the literary character Sam Slick, a Yankee clock peddler whose witty sayings are still quoted today. As a history writer, Haliburton wrote the books History of Nova Scotia and Rule and Misrule of the English in America. Haliburton died at his home, Gordon House, in 1865 and was buried in the Isleworth Churchyard. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The Clockmaker (1836) 114 exemplars
Nature and human nature (2010) 7 exemplars
The Sam Slick anthology (1969) 6 exemplars
Rabbit into tiger 4 exemplars
Sam Slick (1941) 3 exemplars

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Great Canadian Short Stories (1971) — Col·laborador — 53 exemplars

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not funny. hard to read. didn't learn anything. the copy I read had been used at school!!!!
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mahallett | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Apr 1, 2021 |
Started in 1835 as a series of satirical sketches for Joseph Howe's Novascotian, they were collected and published in book form in 1836. The narrator who is never identified by name, meets a character named Sam Slick from Slickville which is somewhere in New England. They agree to travel together after Sam demonstrates how he sells wooden clocks to people who have little money and really do not need a clock.

In the entries that are rarely longer than two pages, the narrator tells how Sam Slick satirizes the people of Nova Scotia and at times comparing them to people from the United States who he always points out are smarter and would do things differently. As an example, his clock selling technique is to leave the clock in the home for a few days so as he explains it will not be damaged as he travels over Nova Scotia's rough bridges. When he returns, the house wife has fallen in love with clock that he had set up to run and chime in his absence. He claims an American would never be so dumb as to fall for this ploy.

However, some of Slick's claims for Americans are clearly off beat and meant to show some of their inadequacies.

I have not checked the history of Nova Scotia to see if this was an issue at the time, but Slick constantly suggests that the provincial government should build a railroad from Halifax to Windsor. He says that is what Yankees would do. I wonder if Haliburton, who had been a politician, was promoting this during this period for he did use these sketches to attack politicians.
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lamour | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Mar 22, 2017 |
First published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 1836. Canada's first published work of humour. These satirical stories of Samuel Slick, the Yankee clock peddler, were famous in the U.S. and in the Canadian colonies, and remain of interest for the lively portrait of colonial Canada and the humourous tall tales and colourful speech of the hero.
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tripleblessings | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Nov 11, 2005 |

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