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Stephen Leacock

Canada's foremost historian examines the life of a great humorist.

Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever"mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan — whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the colonial legacy — has great affection for Leacock's gentle wit and sharp-eyed insight. The renowned historian examines Leacock's life as a poor but ambitious student who rose to become an economist, celebrated academic, and, most importantly, the beloved humorist who taught Canadians to laugh at themselves.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 204
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780670066810
  • Genres
  • canada, history, biography
  • Release date
  • 2011