The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

The Clockmaker; Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of SlickvilleThe name "Sam Slick" has passed...
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Author: Haliburton, Thomas Chandler,1796-1865
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Language: English
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The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

$19.99 $9.99

The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Haliburton, Thomas Chandler,1796-1865
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Clockmaker; Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

The name "Sam Slick" has passed into popular use as standing for a somewhat conventional Yankee, in whom sharpness and verdancy are combined in curious proportions; but the book which gave rise to the name has long been out of print. It is now revived, under the impression that the reading public will have an interest in seeing a work which, more probably than any other one book, served to fix the prevailing idea of the Yankee character. However true or false the impression it created, the qualities which rendered it popular a generation ago remain, in a shrewdness of observation, a fund of anecdote and racy adventure, a quaintness of expression, and keen mother wit. In no other work of literature is there preserved so large a collection of idiomatic phrases, words, and similes,whole stories in themselves and pictures of society at the time, which grow more interesting, the more historic they become. The keen peddler comes sharply forward from a background of Provincial shiftlessness and dullness, and it is a mark of the geniality of the book that, although it seems to have had its origin in a desire on the part of its author to goad the Provinces into energy and alertness, the local questions and politics discussed give a flavour to the narrative without limiting the reader's interest. One does not need to be deeply concerned in Nova Scotia prosperity, nor versed in the turnings of petty politics, to take a lively pleasure in the sharp thrusts which the author, under shield of the Clockmaker's wit, gives at stupidity and narrowness. The two sides of the question involved are as little a matter of concern to the general reader as the opposing factions of York and Lancaster. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 9196
Author: Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Release Date: Oct 1, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English

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