"Richardson's work, and consequently Beasley's work, has to be praised for attention to detail"
Grietje R. McBride
The life and works of Major John Richardson
Canada's first novelist
See also RICHARDSON'S WORKS for more
Author: David R. BeasleyISBN:0-915317-09-5
PRICE: $14.95 Cdn & US
Return of a classic!
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.
Library Journal (New York).
The life of John Richardson reads like one of his novels. David Beasley does justice to this Richardson, and what a story The Canadian Don Quixote is! Army service, gambling, duels everywhere, a happy marriage, constant litigation, and constant writing 'even this summary only begins to highlight the rich vitality of John Richardson's 56 years.
(The London Free Press (London, Ont).
If his life is a dream David Beasley has anchored it very firmly in the social reality of the time.... His whole work teems with such careful, loving research and this makes his biography of Richardson not only a good read but the fulfillment of what's usually called 'an aching void'
James Reaney, Brick (Toronto).
Highly praised - A must read - Read all the reviews here
For information on military matters of the nineteenth century contemporaneous
with Major Richardson's military career researched and published by A.W. Cockerill,
see www.achart.ca
