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On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.

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On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.

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On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

by Alan Bowker
On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944
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On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

by Alan Bowker

Overview

In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781459721128
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 11/01/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 792 KB

About the Author

Alan Bowker has a Ph.D. in Canadian history. He has served for over 30 years in Canada's foreign service, including a position as High Commissioner to Guyana. He is the editor of another collection of Leacock essays, Social Criticism: The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice and Other Essays (University of Toronto Press).


Alan Bowker worked for thirty-five years in Canada’s foreign service, including serving as high commissioner to Guyana. He has a doctorate in Canadian history and has taught at Canada’s Royal Military College. He has edited two collections of essays by Stephen Leacock, including On the Front Line of Life and Social Criticism. He lives in Ottawa.

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