{"product_id":"the-clockmaker-paperback-by-thomas-chandler-haliburton-afterword-by-robert-mcdougall-afterword-by-robert-mcdougall","title":"The Clockmaker Paperback by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Afterword by Robert McDougall Afterword by Robert McDougall","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eNew Canadian Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2007-12-04)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780771096259\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e213.19\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.7 x 5.2 x 0.6\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eSam Slick of Slickville, Connecticut, is a Yankee clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of early nineteenth-century Nova Scotia. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries make up the thirty-three sketches of \u003ci\u003eThe Clockmaker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst serialized in 1835 and 1836 and then published together in late 1836 in response to public demand, the sketches of \u003ci\u003eThe Clockmaker\u003c\/i\u003e established Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton as a satirical humorist of international stature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Chandler Haliburton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1796. He studied at King’s College and was called to the bar in 1820. He practised law in Annapolis Royal and represented that constituency in the provincial assembly from 1826 to 1829. Named a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1829, he was elevated twelve years later to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaliburton began his writing career as a historian. In the 1830s he turned to humorous and satirical fiction to express his Tory opinions on political and social questions. In 1835 he contributed to Joseph Howe’s journal \u003ci\u003eThe Novascotian\u003c\/i\u003e a series of satirical sketches entitled “Recollections of Nova Scotia.” Their popularity led him to expand them into \u003ci\u003eThe Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville\u003c\/i\u003e (1836). He published a second series of sketches in 1838 and a third in 1840.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1856 Haliburton retired and moved to England, where he represented Launceston in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Chandler Haliburton died in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, in 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45016043290785,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780771096259","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780771096259.jpg?v=1753585813","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-clockmaker-paperback-by-thomas-chandler-haliburton-afterword-by-robert-mcdougall-afterword-by-robert-mcdougall","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}