Extraordinary Canadians: Stephen Leacock

by Margaret MacMillan

Book Overview

Canada's foremost historian examines the life of a great humorist. Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever"mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan--whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the colonial legacy--has great affection for Leacock's gentle wit and sharp-eyed insight. The renowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670066818
• ISBN13: 9780670066810
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher