Biography & Autobiography Political
Roughing it in the Bush or Life in Canada
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1988
- Category
- Political, Gender Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780886290450
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773573468
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $100.00
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Description
Probably Canada's best known settlement story, this autobiographical account of frontier conditions in the 1830s is a compelling narrative that emphasizes both the tragedies and the triumphs of a sensible and sensitive woman and her family as they come to
About the authors
Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) was the youngest of the scribbling Strickland sisters. After marrying John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie in 1831, she immigrated to the backwoods of Upper Canada where she raised a large family and wrote old-world novels and autobiographical accounts of her settlement. She is a landmark of early Canadian literature who has influenced great authors such as Margaret Atwood and Carol Shields.
Carl Ballstadt is a member of the Department of English at McMaster University.
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