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" The Old Brewery Bay : "
James A. "Pete" McGarvey.
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971915
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b726285
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McGarvey, Pete.
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The Old Brewery Bay : : a Leacockian tale /\ James A. "Pete" McGarvey.
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Toronto [Ont.] :: Dundurn Press,, ©1994.
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1 online resource (xxiii, 120 pages) :: illustrations, portraits
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1281962333
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: 1282808990
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: 6612808993
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: 9781281962331
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: 9781282808997
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: 9781554883400
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: 9781770700758
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: 9786612808999
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1550022164
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9781550022162
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Prologue: Stephen Leacock, 1869â#x80;#x93;1944 -- 1 The Old Brewery Bay -- 2 C.H. Hale, The Catalyst -- 3 Saving the Leacock Home, 1949 -- 4 The Leacock Cause, 1949â#x80;#x93;1955 -- 5 Lou Ruby Strikes a Deal, 1956 -- 6 Waiting on Ottawa, 1957 -- 7 A Dream Comes True, 1958 -- 8 The Dream Expands, 1959â#x80;#x93;1960 -- 9 Aftermath -- Postscript: Memories, by Jay Cody, Curator 1977â#x80;#x93;1993 -- Appendix: Winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal Award for Humour
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Here we have the personal account of the misadventures that preceded the opening to the public of the Leacock home in 1958. Forty years ago, in October 1954, a committee was formed, chaired by Pete McGarvey, to acquire and preserve Stephen Leacock's summer home, known as The Old Brewery Bay. Four years later a golden key opened the front door of the home, allowing Leacock fans to pay homage to the humorist in a setting he had prized above every other. As the years have passed, appreciation of Leacock's genius has grown and today the Leacock Museum is open year-round to visitors from all parts of the globe. The Old Brewery Bay is a Leacockian yarn full of ironies, the greatest one being that the salvation of Leacock's home was accomplished not by a national campaign involving governments, philanthropists, McGill alumni, and foundations (all of whom were approached in a spirit of urgency and all of whom backed away), but by a gang of naive and stubborn Orillians, using old-fashioned political moxie. Leacock would have loved that - his Mariposans showing the big sophisticated world how to get things done.
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Leacock, Stephen,1869-1944-- Homes and haunts-- Ontario-- Orillia.
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Leacock, Stephen,1869-1944-- Résidences et lieux familiers-- Ontario-- Orillia.
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Leacock, Stephen,1869-1944.
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Stephen Leacock Museum-- History.
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Stephen Leacock Museum-- Histoire.
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Stephen Leacock Museum.
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Stephen Leacock Museum.
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Literary landmarks-- Ontario-- Orillia.
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Écrivains-- Résidences et lieux familiers-- Ontario-- Orillia.
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Homes.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literary landmarks.
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Ontario, Orillia.
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| Dewey Classification
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818/.5209
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PR9199.3.L367Z77 1994eb
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