Tolfrey : un aristocrate au Bas-Canada

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Title
Tolfrey : un aristocrate au Bas-Canada
Abstract
Frederic Hildebrand Oakes Tolfrey (b. c1795), an Englishman who may have been a British Army officer, lived in Quebec City for two years, beginning in 1816. In 1845 Tolfey published his memoirs of his life in Lower Canada, which included gourmet feasts, social gatherings, horse racing and hunting and fishing trips. His 1845 book was titled: The Sportsman in Canada (London: T.C. Newby). Tolfey is considered one of the most famous angling writers of all time, thanks to his involvement of the 1848 publication: Jones’s Guide to Norway. One writer says of Tolfey: "...while it is convenient to call Tolfrey a journalist, this only really applies to the 1840s and a better description of him would be a complete and utter scoundrel."
Place
Montréal
Publisher
Boréal Express
Date
1979
# of Pages
221p.
Language
fr
ISBN
2-89052-004-8
Notes

For more on Tolfey's life, see: "Frederic Tolfrey and the story of Jones’s Guide to Norway." http://www.fishingmuseum.org.uk/frederic_tolfrey.html

A PDF copy of The Sportsman in Canada is available at: https://ia800205.us.archive.org/3/items/cihm_41590/cihm_41590.pdf

 

Citation
Tolfrey, Frederic. Tolfrey : un aristocrate au Bas-Canada. Translated by Paul-Louis Martin. Montréal: Boréal Express, 1979.
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