Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 120 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Prologue: Stephen Leacock, 1869â#x80;#x93;1944 -- 1 The Old Brewery Bay -- 2 C.H. Hale, The Catalyst -- 3 Saving the Leacock Home, 1949 -- 4 The Leacock Cause, 1949â#x80;#x93;1955 -- 5 Lou Ruby Strikes a Deal, 1956 -- 6 Waiting on Ottawa, 1957 -- 7 A Dream Comes True, 1958 -- 8 The Dream Expands, 1959â#x80;#x93;1960 -- 9 Aftermath -- Postscript: Memories, by Jay Cody, Curator 1977â#x80;#x93;1993 -- Appendix: Winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal Award for Humour |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario -- Orillia
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Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 fast |
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Stephen Leacock Museum -- History
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Stephen Leacock Museum fast |
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Literary landmarks -- Ontario -- Orillia
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Homes
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Literary landmarks
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Ontario -- Orillia
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Electronic books
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e-books.
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History
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Livres numériques.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781554883400 |
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1554883407 |
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1281962333 |
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9781281962331 |
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9786611962333 |
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6611962336 |
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1282808990 |
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9781282808997 |
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9786612808999 |
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6612808993 |
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1770700757 |
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9781770700758 |
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