Captain Dalgety Returns: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

Laurence Whistler, Seth (Illustrator)

$8.95

Publication Date: October 29th, 2024

Publisher:

Biblioasis

ISBN:

9781771966399

Pages:

Description

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2024.

After the death of his wife in childbirth, Captain Dalgety has grown distant from his estate and young daughter. But during his walk home one afternoon, a sudden thunderstorm causes the captain's life to take an unexpected turn.

About the Author

Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler (1912-2000) was a British glass engraver, writer, and poet. He was the first recipient of the King's Gold Medal for Poetry.Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic-book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeney's Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, The Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is the subject of a recent documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, Seth's Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named "Inkwell's End."