Sam Slick
Sam Slick is a character created in 1835 by
Nova Scotian judge and author. With his wry wit and Yankee voice, Sam Slick of Slicksville put forward his views on "human nature" in a regular column in the Novascotian. The twenty-one sketches were published in a collection entitled The Clockmaker or, also known as, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slicksville First Series in 1836 and supplemented by an additional 12 unpublished or new sketches. The book was Canada's first international bestseller and was hugely popular not only in Nova Scotia, but also in Britain and the United States
.
Slick’s wise-cracking commentary on the
Canadian Encyclopedia, The Clockmaker stories, "proved immensely popular and, ironically, have influenced American humour as much as Canadian."[1]
References
- ^ Scobie, Stephen (March 4, 2015) [February 7, 2006]. "Humorous Writing in English". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
External links
- The town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, home of Sam Slick
- Cogswell, Fred (1976). "Haliburton, Thomas Chandler". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Sam Slick Days Festival
- Works by or about Sam Slick at Internet Archive
- Works by or about Thomas Chandler Haliburton at Internet Archive
- Works by Thomas Chandler Haliburton at Project Gutenberg
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