On the Front Line of Life
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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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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.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Leacock's Essays
- 1. Life on the Old Farm (1944)
- 2. My Remarkable Uncle (1941)
- 3. The Struggle to Make Us Gentlemen (1941)
- 4. My Education and What I Think of It Now (1944)
- 5. Looking Back on College (1936)
- 6. On the Need for a Quiet College (1938)
- 7. Andrew Macphail (1938)
- 8. How Much Does Language Change? (1938)
- 9. From the Ridiculous to the Sublime (1935)
- 10. What Is Left of Adam Smith? (1935)
- 11. Through a Glass Darkly (1936)
- 12. So This Is Winnipeg (1937)
- 13. The Land of Dreams (1937)
- 14. I'll Stay in Canada (1936)
- 15. This International Stuff (1936)
- 16. Canada and the Monarchy (1939)
- 17. Bonds of Union (1940)
- 18. Paradise Lost (1936)
- 19. Looking Back from Retirement (1937)
- 20. Bass Fishing on Lake Simcoe with Jake Gaudaur (1939)
- 21. Common Sense and the Universe (1942)
- 22. Three Score and Ten (1940)
- 23. War-Time Santa Claus (1942)
- 24. To Every Child (1944)
- Endnotes
- Bibliographical Information
