Old Man Savarin Stories: Tales of Canada and Canadians

by Edward William Thomson

Book Overview

Edward Thomson was a highly respected journalist and political commentator in Canada and the United States, and a leading short story writer, critic, and poet whose writing is now viewed as transitional between the nineteenth-century historical romances and the realistic trends of the twentieth century, and as the link in Canadian humorous writing between Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Stephen Leacock.

Thomson's ability to write both serious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802062075
• ISBN13: 9780802062079
• Release Date: December 1974
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"