Download or read book The Conventional Man written by Robert Alexander Harrison and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although unusual in his driving ambitions and his consuming need to accumulate a fortune, Harrison remained in most respects thoroughly conventional and Victorian, and his diary offers unrivalled insights into the voice of the mid-nineteenth century Toronto male.