The Thomas Chandler Haliburton SymposiumFrank Tierney University of Ottawa Press, 1. jaan 1985 - 172 pages Thomas Chandler Haliburton was perhaps the only Canadian writer whose name was a household word in nineteenth-century Canada. The ten papers in this volume reappraise the historical, geographical, political and literary contexts within which Haliburton lived and worked. His letters, his historical books, the Club papers and Sam Slick sketches are all included in these valuable and lively criticisms. |
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... Halifax , March 5 , 1932 . 2. Inventory of the estate of James P. Pellow , dated June [ n.d. ] 1871. Pellow Probate papers , Hants Co. , 972A , Public Archives of Nova Scotia , microfilm . 3. R. G. Haliburton et al . , Haliburton : A ...
... Halifax , March 5 , 1932 . 2. Inventory of the estate of James P. Pellow , dated June [ n.d. ] 1871. Pellow Probate papers , Hants Co. , 972A , Public Archives of Nova Scotia , microfilm . 3. R. G. Haliburton et al . , Haliburton : A ...
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... Halifax , June 17 , 1835 , September 24 , 1835 , and November 17 , 1835 . 5. The Novascotian , Halifax , December 30 , 1835 . 8900 Figure 3a . Main Entrance , Clifton , 1833. 11.
... Halifax , June 17 , 1835 , September 24 , 1835 , and November 17 , 1835 . 5. The Novascotian , Halifax , December 30 , 1835 . 8900 Figure 3a . Main Entrance , Clifton , 1833. 11.
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... Halifax was impressive . When Haliburton began to make relatively frequent trips across the North Atlantic , it may have been a real benefit to him to have some family connection with the ship's owner . Considerable confusion has been ...
... Halifax was impressive . When Haliburton began to make relatively frequent trips across the North Atlantic , it may have been a real benefit to him to have some family connection with the ship's owner . Considerable confusion has been ...
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... Halifax Legislature : " as a stranger I was favored with the unanimous support of all your people , in a manner so cordial and so friendly that I shall ever retain a most grateful remem- brance of it . . . ” ( Haliburton wrote to ...
... Halifax Legislature : " as a stranger I was favored with the unanimous support of all your people , in a manner so cordial and so friendly that I shall ever retain a most grateful remem- brance of it . . . ” ( Haliburton wrote to ...
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Contents
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Egerton Ryerson | 37 |
A Background Paper | 53 |
Haliburtons Literary Apprenticeship | 65 |
The Colonial Author and His Milieu | 83 |
The First Clockmakers | 93 |
Haliburton as a Historian | 103 |
Sam Slick and American Popular Humour | 123 |
Haliburtons International Yankee | 135 |
The Achievement of Thomas Chandler Haliburton An Assessment Panel | 151 |
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