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Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada''s best-known authors. His popular ''Sam Slick the Clockmaker'' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States.

Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels. Although Haliburton tried to put Sam Slick aside and work in other genres, he found himself invariably returning to the character in his later books. This commitment to Slick resulted in a curious effacement of Haliburton''s own personal gentlemanly identity, which he spent the second half of his life affirming by fostering links with socially well connected family in England. In the public imagination, however,

Inventing Sam Slick

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 16 March 2005
      ISBN-13 9780802050014
      978-0802050014
      ISBN-10 0802050018

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada''s best-known authors. His popular ''Sam Slick the Clockmaker'' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States.

      Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels. Although Haliburton tried to put Sam Slick aside and work in other genres, he found himself invariably returning to the character in his later books. This commitment to Slick resulted in a curious effacement of Haliburton''s own personal gentlemanly identity, which he spent the second half of his life affirming by fostering links with socially well connected family in England. In the public imagination, however,

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