The Clockmaker: or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville - Couverture rigide

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1641816481 ISBN 13 : 9781641816489

Editeur : Iboo Press, 2020

Synopsis

Sam Slick of Slickville, Connecticut, is a Yankee clock-peddler who accompanies a iting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of early nineteenth-century Nova Scotia. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries make up the thirty-thr ee 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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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (17 December 1796 - 27 August 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada. He was the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada. In 1856, he emigrated to England, where he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Iboo Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1641816481
• ISBN 13: 9781641816489
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 158
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne