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15 December 1973
No. IX

Letter from a Cadet of the Great Western to His Mother

Author: Thomas HaliburtonAuthor information and affiliations
Publication: The Letter Bag of The Great Western;: or, Life in a Steamer
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The Letter Bag of The Great Western;: or, Life in a Steamer
Pages: 107 - 117
Editor: Douglas Lochhead
ISBN (Online): 978-1-4875-8966-0
ISBN (Online): 978-1-4426-5238-5
ISBN (Print): 978-1-4875-9130-4

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Published in print: 15 December 1973
Published online: 29 October 2024

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Biography: Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was a politician, judge, and author who lived in the British Colony of Nova Scotia. He was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada and played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation.
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Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the diversion of the other passengers on Haliburton’s steamship voyage from Bristol to New York in 1839.

The book’s ostensible function was the advertisement of the advantages of travel by steamship, but few, after reading the passengers’ accounts of their voyage, would, if they took them seriously, ever venture off shore. The book’s principal sources of amusement – infirmities of the human body (seasickness), the peculiarities of spelling and grammar that arise from faulty or defective education, the cultural mores of other races and lower classes, and the outrageous punning.

Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the diversion of the other passengers on Haliburton's steamship voyage from Bristol to New York in 1839.

  • Imprint: University of Toronto Press
  • Published: December 1973
  • Pages: 350
  • epub: 9781487589660
  • pdf: 9781442652385
  • paperback: 9781487591304

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was a politician, judge, and author who lived in the British Colony of Nova Scotia. He was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada and played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation.

Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011) was a professor emeritus of Mount Allison University.