The Old Brewery Bay

Name: The Old Brewery Bay
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SKU: 03168132

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3232139The Old Brewery Bayhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-old-brewery-bay-9781554883400/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2860546/7217886d-fd78-460f-8e09-906446c5a7ff.jpg?v=638384549969400000157174MXNDundurn PressInStock/Ebooks/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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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....3168132The Old Brewery Bay157174https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-old-brewery-bay-9781554883400/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2860546/7217886d-fd78-460f-8e09-906446c5a7ff.jpg?v=638384549969400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook19949781554883400_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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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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.(*_*)9781554883400_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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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 Leacocks 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....9781554883400_Dundurn Presslibro_electonico_00a26be4-df57-41ea-a525-fc70106702eb_9781554883400;9781554883400_9781554883400James A.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/dundurn-epub-a1e8ab2e-fbee-42d3-baa7-841c39dd0a00.epub1994-01-10T00:00:00+00:00Dundurn Press