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A nice combination of Canadian history, romantic biography, and literary research, the book is not only a good read but includes a bibliography, index and other material. Actually it is a roaring good adventure yarn about a highly eccentric dreamer and author of gothic novels. A major entry this year.
John Richardson was born in Newark (now Niagara on the Lake) Upper Canada in 1796, grew up in Amherstburg, fought as a boy soldier in the War of 1812, and, captured at the Battle of the Thames, was imprisoned in Kentucky. He served in Barbados and Grenada with the British Army, then returned in 1818 to work as journalist in London and Paris, where he wrote the two first Canadian novels, ECARTE and FRASCATI'S. His novel about Pontiac's siege on Fort Detroit, WACOUSTA, became an international best seller and established him as the best delineator of the American Indian in fiction. He fought in the Curliest Wars and returned to Canada to publish newspapers and get involved in politics. He died in New York city of starvation in 1852.
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19th century, Authors, Canadian (English), Biography, Canadian Authors, Canadian Novelists, In literature, Intellectual life, Richardson, John, 1796-1852People
Richardson Major (1796-1852)Places
Upper Canada, London England, West Indies, San Sebastian, Vittoria, Spain, Montreal, New York CityTimes
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The Canadian Don Quixote: the life and works of Major John Richardson, Canada's first novelist
2004, Davus Pub.
in English
0915317184 9780915317189
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The Canadian Don Quixote: the life and works of Major John Richardson, Canada's first novelist
1977, Porcupine's Quill
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0889840229 9780889840225
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The Canadian Don Quixote: the life and works of Major John Richardson, Canada's first novelist
1977, Porcupine's Quill
0889840202 9780889840201
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Edition Notes
"A checklist of Richardson's works": p. 198-202.
Bibliography: p. 202-204.
Includes index.
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Feedback?December 25, 2014 | Edited by David Richard Beasley | Edited without comment. |
December 5, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
December 4, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
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