| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 120 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario -- Orillia.
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Stephen Leacock Museum -- History.
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Literary landmarks -- Ontario -- Orillia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1554883407 (electronic bk.) |
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9781554883400 (electronic bk.) |
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