The backwoods of Canada
being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America.
by Catherine Parr Traill and Michael A. Peterman
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The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity on The Backwoods of Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Traill offers a vivid and honest account of her trip to North America and of her first two and a helf years living in the bush country near Peterborough, Ontario.
Treasured by its nineteenth-century readers as an important source of practical information, The Backwoods of Canada is an extraordinary portrayal of pioneer life by one of early Canada's most remarkable women.
The New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text and all its illustrations.
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Description and travel, Frontier and pioneer life, Social life and customs, Canadian immigration literature (English), Correspondence, Descriptions et voyages, Ontario, Canada, Indians of North America, Biography, Women pioneers, Vie des pionniers, Canada, description and travel, Forests and forestry, canada, Canada, biography, Canada, exploring expeditions, Correspondance, Moeurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Travel, Canada, history, Correspondnece, History, Canadian History, Canadian Pioneer Life, Economic conditions, Émigration et immigration, Guides, manuels, etc. anglais, Documentation pour immigrants (anglaise), Early works to 1800People
Catherine Parr Traill (1802-1899), Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (1802-1899), Catherine Parr (Strickland) Traill (1802-1899), Catharine Parr TraillPlaces
Ontario, Canada, Oregon, West (U.S.)Times
To 1867, 1764-1867, 19th century, 1833 - 1834, Jusqu'à 1867Showing 11 featured editions. View all 105 editions?
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Facsim. reprint. Originally published: London : C. Knight, 1836. (The library of entertaining knowledge).
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