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Inventing Sam Slick
A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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Richard Davies
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English
Published/Copyright:
2004
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Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia.
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Davies Richard :
Richard A. Davies is a professor in the Department of English at Acadia University.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
ix - Part One: ‘This is my own, my native land’
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Chapter 1. Alias ‘Sam Slick’
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Chapter 2. Yankee Heritage
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Chapter 3. King’s College and Marriage
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Chapter 4. Annapolis Royal and the General Description
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Chapter 5. The Legislature and the ‘Club’
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Chapter 6. Historian and Judge
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Chapter 7. Clifton and The Clockmaker
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Chapter 8. A Tradition of Yankee Humour
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Chapter 9. Career in Crisis
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Chapter 10. The Greatest Lion in London
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Chapter 11. Moving in the Best of Circles
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Chapter 12. Bubbles of Canada and Reply to the Earl of Durham
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Chapter 13. Microcosms: Clifton and the Great Western
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Chapter 14. More Clockmaking and More New Relations
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Chapter 15. The Death of Louisa
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Chapter 16. A Three-Hundred-Year-Old Tory Returned to Life
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Chapter 17. The Death of Tom Jr
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Chapter 18. Stepping Out of the Frame
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Chapter 19. Sam Slick Rides Again
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Chapter 20. End of an Era
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Chapter 21. A New Career
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Chapter 22. A Hectic Social Life
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Chapter 23. Member of Parliament for Launceston
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Chapter 24. The Clash with Gladstone
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Chapter 25. The Canada Land and Emigration Company
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Chapter 26. Launceston, Parliament, and Isleworth
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Chapter 27. The Banting System
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Chapter 28. The Last of the Tories
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Appendix: Haliburton Family Tree
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Notes
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Works by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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Illustration Credits
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Index
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December 15, 2005
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9781442627352
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340
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