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The Old Brewery Bay
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Author : James A. "Pete" McGarvey
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1994-01-10
The Old Brewery Bay written by James A. "Pete" McGarvey and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-10 with History categories.
Here we have the personal account of the misadventures that preceded the opening to the public of the Leacock home in 1958. Forty years ago, in October 1954, a committee was formed, chaired by Pete McGarvey, to acquire and preserve Stephen Leacock's summer home, known as The Old Brewery Bay. Four years later a golden key opened the front door of the home, allowing Leacock fans to pay homage to the humorist in a setting he had prized above every other. As the years have passed, appreciation of Leacock's genius has grown and today the Leacock Museum is open year-round to visitors from all parts of the globe. The Old Brewery Bay is a Leacockian yarn full of ironies, the greatest one being that the salvation of Leacock's home was accomplished not by a national campaign involving governments, philanthropists, McGill alumni, and foundations (all of whom were approached in a spirit of urgency and all of whom backed away), but by a gang of naive and stubborn Orillians, using old-fashioned political moxie. Leacock would have loved that - his Mariposans showing the big sophisticated world how to get things done.
Random Rhymes From Old Brewery Bay
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Author : Stephen Leacock
language : en
Publisher: Shelburne, Ont. : Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
Release Date : 2006
Random Rhymes From Old Brewery Bay written by Stephen Leacock and has been published by Shelburne, Ont. : Battered Silicon Dispatch Box this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
The Old Brewery And The New Mission House At The Five Points
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Author : Five Points Mission (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The Old Brewery And The New Mission House At The Five Points written by Five Points Mission (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with City missions categories.
The Stephen Leacock Picture Book
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Author : James A. "Pete" McGarvey
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1999-01-01
The Stephen Leacock Picture Book written by James A. "Pete" McGarvey and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Art categories.
This pictorial treasure, with many photographs published for the first time, traces the life of Stephen Leacock.
Stephen Leacock S Mariposa
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Author : Daphne Mainprize
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-06-23
Stephen Leacock S Mariposa written by Daphne Mainprize and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-23 with History categories.
The year 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. In words and pictures, author Daphne Mainprize takes the reader on a walking tour of Orillia, Ontario, the inspiration for Leacock's fabled Mariposa.
The Old Brewery And The New Mission House At The Five Points
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Author : Ladies of the Mission Staff
language : en
Publisher: Ayer Publishing
Release Date : 1854
The Old Brewery And The New Mission House At The Five Points written by Ladies of the Mission Staff and has been published by Ayer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with New York (N.Y.) categories.
San Francisco Beer A History Of Brewing By The Bay
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Author : Bill Yenne
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016
San Francisco Beer A History Of Brewing By The Bay written by Bill Yenne and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Business & Economics categories.
The story of beer in San Francisco is as old as the city itself. San Francisco had its first commercial brewery by 1847, two years before the gold rush, and went on to reign as the major brewing center in the American West through the nineteenth century. From the 1930s to the early 1950s, iconic San Francisco-based breweries Lucky and Acme owned the statewide California market. In the 1960s, Fritz Maytag transformed San Francisco's tiny and primitive Anchor Brewing into America's first craft brewery. Now, well into its fourth generation of craft breweries, San Francisco has seen more new breweries open in the second decade of the twenty-first century than were opened in the entire previous century, proving that tech is not San Francisco's only booming industry. Join local author and beer enthusiast Bill Yenne as he explores San Francisco's rich tapestry of beers and breweries that have made it a brewing capital in the West.
Extraordinary Canadians Stephen Leacock
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Author : Margaret MacMillan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Release Date : 2009-03-31
Extraordinary Canadians Stephen Leacock written by Margaret MacMillan and has been published by Penguin Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Adventurers Of The Far North
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Author : Stephen Leacock
language : en
Publisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com
Release Date : 2023-11-11
Adventurers Of The Far North written by Stephen Leacock and has been published by Indoeuropeanpublishing.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-11 with categories.
CONTENTS I The Great Elizabethan Navigators II Hearne's Overland Journey to the Northern Ocean III Mackenzie Descends the Great River of the North IV The Memorable Exploits of Sir John Franklin V The Tragedy of Franklin's Fate VI Epilogue. The Conquest of the Pole About the author: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Between the years 1915 and 1925, Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. A humorist particularly admired by Leacock was Robert Benchley from New York. Leacock opened correspondence with Benchley, encouraging him in his work and importuning him to compile his work into a book. Benchley did so in 1922, and acknowledged the nagging from north of the border. Near the end of his life, the US comedian Jack Benny recounted how he had been introduced to Leacock's writing by Groucho Marx when they were both young vaudeville comedians. Benny acknowledged Leacock's influence and, fifty years after first reading him, still considered Leacock one of his favorite comic writers. He was puzzled as to why Leacock's work was no longer well known in the United States. His works can be described as a balancing act between cutting satire and sheer absurdity. He also wrote extensively on his chosen fields of study, political science and political economy. Leacock was professor, but in his works he reflected with wit and ingenuity on everyday situations. During the summer months, Leacock lived at Old Brewery Bay, his summer estate in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. A working farm, Old Brewery Bay is now a museum and National Historic Site of Canada. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa. Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work. (Wikipedia.org)
The Letters Of Stephen Leacock
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Author : Stephen Leacock
language : en
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006
The Letters Of Stephen Leacock written by Stephen Leacock and has been published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Collections categories.
Widely recognized as Canada's finest literary humorist, Stephen Leacock was a prolific author, publishing over sixty books during his lifetime, in addition to countless articles and pamphlets. He was also a devoted correspondent, writing hundreds of letters to friends, relatives, and business associates. Illustrated with several original photographs, The Letters of Stephen Leacock brings together over 800 letters, most of them never before published. Together they give a vivid picture of one of the twentieth century's most distinguished men of letters, a man who was honest, compassionate, and committed to his craft. From the brief, unpolished lines he wrote as a boy to his father, to the final letters he wrote before his death, Leacock's correspondence reveals much about the man behind the humour: the devoted son, husband, and father; the distinguished McGill professor; the proud Canadian; the generous uncle; the social critic; and the private citizen consumed and deeply troubled by the two world wars. Fans of Leacock's many books of humour will find glimpses of his trademark wit in letters on subjects ranging from the Scottish penchant for whiskey to the beauty of the west. serious works on many topics, including political economy, education, and social reform, and many of his strong views on these subjects are laid out plainly in letters to associates and friends. He was also an astute businessman, and was, as letters to numerous publishers show, a writer by profession. As Leacock himself wrote of his letters to a friend and associate, 'We wrote in the plain straighforward way only possible in such an interchange of letters, about what we thought of this new world that seemed to overwhelm us in our old age.' These are the letters of a gentleman, written with charm, grace, and humour, occassionally blunt and assertive in dealings with publishers, but - in keeping with his humour - never mean-spirited or designed to injure. Together, they represent a fascinating collection that will captivate anyone who enjoys Canadian fiction or history. David Staines has spent 15 years bringing together Leacock's letters, many of them from private collections in Britain, the United States, and Canada. letters in the context of Leacock's life and work.