Clockmaker: Series One, Two and ThreeMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 15 juni 1995 - 974 sidor In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller of clocks, with his original dialect and unique comic vision, to become the chief character in three series of The Clockmaker published between 1836 and 1840. |
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... clock manufacturer from Slickville , Connecticut , who made regular visits to Nova Scotia to sell his clocks . The main function of the journey was to allow his two characters to discuss a wide range of subjects from courtship and ...
... clock manufacturer from Slickville , Connecticut , who made regular visits to Nova Scotia to sell his clocks . The main function of the journey was to allow his two characters to discuss a wide range of subjects from courtship and ...
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... clock pedler , " but the portrait of Crockett himself in each of the books was that of a larger - than - life , down - to - earth , patriotic , and bombastic backwoodsman from the western frontier . Haliburton drew much of the content ...
... clock pedler , " but the portrait of Crockett himself in each of the books was that of a larger - than - life , down - to - earth , patriotic , and bombastic backwoodsman from the western frontier . Haliburton drew much of the content ...
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... clock manufacturing in Connecticut " was the first industry to pioneer successful mass production technology ... Clock Maker , " the second sketch , the stranger , now identified as Sam Slick , demonstrated both how he sold clocks to ...
... clock manufacturing in Connecticut " was the first industry to pioneer successful mass production technology ... Clock Maker , " the second sketch , the stranger , now identified as Sam Slick , demonstrated both how he sold clocks to ...
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... Clock business will be quite done up by their circulation through the Provinces . " The notice concluded with an excerpt from " the latter portions of the book , " " A Tale Of Bunker's Hill . " 16 Four years later , on 2 January 1841 ...
... Clock business will be quite done up by their circulation through the Provinces . " The notice concluded with an excerpt from " the latter portions of the book , " " A Tale Of Bunker's Hill . " 16 Four years later , on 2 January 1841 ...
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... clock pedlar " from Crockett's Adventures " " and with Hiram Dodge , the chief character in " The Yankee Pedlar or Old Times in Virginia , " a one- act farce by William Bayle Bernard that had first been produced on the London stage in ...
... clock pedlar " from Crockett's Adventures " " and with Hiram Dodge , the chief character in " The Yankee Pedlar or Old Times in Virginia , " a one- act farce by William Bayle Bernard that had first been produced on the London stage in ...
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Map of Eastern Seaboard drawn by Ross Hough | ciii |
Map of the Maritimes drawn by Ross Hough | cv |
The Clockmaker Series One | 1 |
The Clockmaker Series Two | 203 |
Explanatory Notes | 657 |
Bibliographical Description of Copytexts | 751 |
Published Versions of the Text | 771 |
Emendations in Copytexts | 821 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in Copytexts | 839 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition | 843 |
Historical Collation | 847 |
Appendix | 867 |
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