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, he remained linked with Sam Slick.
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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