The Letter Bag of The Great Western; : or, Life in a Steamer / Thomas Haliburton; Douglas Lochhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haliburton, Thomas, author.

Contributor:

Lochhead, Douglas, editor.

Series:

Toronto reprint library of Canadian prose and poetry.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian wit and humor.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the diversion of the other passengers on Haliburton's steamship voyage from Bristol to New York in 1839.

Contents:

Cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication

Preface

1. Journal of an Actress

2. Letter from Cato Mignionette (the coloured steward) to Mr. Lavender

3. Ditto from Captain Haltfront, of theâ#x80;#x94;â#x80;#x94;th Regiment of Foot, to Lieutenant Fugleman

4. Ditto from a Midshipman of H.M.S. Lapwing, to an Officer of the Inconstant

5. Ditto from John Skinner (Butcher) to Mary Hide

6. Ditto from one of the Society of Friends to her Kinswoman

7. Ditto from a New Brunswicker to his friend at Fredericton

8. Ditto from an Abolitionist to a Member of Parliament

9. Ditto from a Cadet of the Great Western to his Mother10. Ditto from a Lawyer's Clerk

11. Ditto from a Traveller before he had travelled

12. Ditto from a Stoker

13. Ditto from a Stockholder of G.W. to the Secretary

14. Ditto from a Servant in search of a place

15. Ditto from a French Passenger

16. Ditto from an Old Hand

17. Ditto from an American Citizen

18. Ditto from Elizabeth Figg to John Buggins

19. Ditto from the Son of a Passenger

20. Ditto from the Professor of Steam and Astronomy (otherwise called the Clerk) to the Directors

21. Ditto from Moses Levi to Levi Moses22. Ditto from a Servant of a family travelling to Astoria

23. Misdirected Letter, No. 1, from a Colonist to his Brother

24. Misdirected Letter, No. 2, from a Colonist to his Father

25. Ditto from a Loco Foco of New York to a Sympathiser of Vermont

26. Ditto from a Coachman on the Railroad Line

27. Ditto from the Wife of a Settler who cannot settle

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8966-2

1-4426-5238-1

OCLC:

1091697101