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Biography & Autobiography Literary

Stephen Leacock

His Remarkable Life

by (author) Albert Moritz & Theresa Moritz

Publisher
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Initial publish date
May 2004
Category
Literary
Recommended Age
10 to 14
Recommended Grade
5 to 9
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550417371
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550416008
    Publish Date
    Apr 2002
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550415032
    Publish Date
    Jul 2006
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

Stephen Butler Leacock shares the stage with Dickens and Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world. Author of such masterpieces as Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, Leacock was a man of biting satire and joyous observation. One whose life straddled half the reign of Queen Victoria and half the twentieth century. He was also a professional economist whose Elements of Political Science outsold even his best received fiction during his lifetime.

Stephen Leacock: His Remarkable Life is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched biography of this amazing man. Based on private letters, diaries, newspaper accounts and memoirs, this fully illustrated volume explores his personal and public lives, his amazing creative process and the impact he had as a writer, teacher and thinker. It alone will form the background for appreciating the source of Leacock's humour and its significance in his lifetime and ours.

About the authors

Albert Moritz is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.

Albert Moritz's profile page

Theresa Moritz is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.

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Editorial Reviews

"The best literary biographies make you run out to get some of the author's work. This book definitely does that."
The Toronto Star