Sam Slick

Sam Slick

Sam Slick was a character created by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Canadian 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", beginning in 1835. The twenty-one sketches were published in a collection titled "The Clockmaker, or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slicksville, First Series" in 1836, supplemented by an additional 12 unpublished or new sketches.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 colonial life of Nova Scotia and relations with the U.S. and Britain struck a note with readers, leading to a second series in 1838 and a third in 1840. The satirical sketches, mocking both Canadians and Americans, made Haliburton one of the most popular writers of comic fiction in English of that era. "The Clockmaker" (which was also translated into German) established Haliburton as one of the founders of North American humour.

External links

* [http://www.town.windsor.ns.ca/Index.html The town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, home of Sam Slick]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38597 "Thomas Chandler Haliburton" in 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]
* [http://www.samslick.ca/ Sam Slick Days Festival]


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