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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- 818/.5209
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- 20
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- Z77 1994eb
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 8
- Chronology 12
- Introduction 16
- Prologue: Stephen Leacock, 1869–1944 20
- 1 The Old Brewery Bay 26
- 2 C.H. Hale, The Catalyst 40
- 3 Saving the Leacock Home, 1949 48
- 4 The Leacock Cause, 1949–1955 54
- 5 Lou Ruby Strikes a Deal, 1956 96
- 6 Waiting on Ottawa, 1957 102
- 7 A Dream Comes True, 1958 110
- 8 The Dream Expands, 1959–1960 118
- 9 Aftermath 126
- Postscript: Memories, by Jay Cody, Curator 1977–1993 132
- Appendix: Winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal Award for Humour 140
- Notes 142
