A Canadian Bankclerk
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 1973
- Category
- Historical, 20th Century, Post-Confederation (1867-), Social History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442652170
- Publish Date
- Dec 1973
- List Price
- $48.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442651128
- Publish Date
- Dec 1973
- List Price
- $38.95
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Description
Of this novel of Canadian business life and village and city social conditions in the early twentieth century, the author explains that his object is 'to enlighten the public concerning life behind the wicket and thus pave the way for the legitimate organization of bankclerks into a fraternal association, for their financial and social (including moral) betterment.'
About the authors
John Preston Buschlen (1888-1966) was a Canadian author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms A Flyer's Dad, Don Juan, Jack Preston and John Preston. His works include: A Canadian Bankclerk (1913), The War and Our Banks (1914), The World War (1914),Behind the Wicket (1914), The Drummer (1915), Peter Bosten (1915), Finding His Balance; or, The Bank Clerk Who Came Back (1915), Romance and the West: Falling Petals (1918), The Donkey, the Elephant and the Goat (1920), Screen Star (1932), Curtain of Life (1934), Not Ashamed: A Romance of the Tropics (1934), Heil! Hollywood(1939), Senor Plummer: The Life and Laughter of an Old- Californian (1942),Assembly Call (1943) and The Desert Battalion (1944).
John Preston Buschlen's profile page
In the spring of 2001, Douglas Lochhead received the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts from the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Member of the Order of Canada, the recipient of honorary doctorates from several universities, Professor Emeritus at Mount Allison University, Senior Fellow and Founding Librarian at Massey College, University of Toronto, and a life member of the League of Canadian Poets. After beginning his career as an advertising copywriter, he became a librarian, a professor of English, a specialist in typography and fine hand printing, and a bibliographer, scholar, and editor — indeed, he has characterized himself as “an unrepentant generalist.” At Mount Allison University, he was a founder and the director of the Centre for Canadian Studies, and he held the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair in Canadian Studies.