The Clockmaker The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville
, by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler; McDougall, RobertNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780771096259 | 0771096259
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/4/2007
Sam 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 ofThe Clockmaker. First serialized in 1835 and 1836 and then published together in late 1836 in response to public demand, the sketches ofThe Clockmakerestablished Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton as a satirical humorist of international stature. The New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text. From the Paperback edition.