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    Roughing It in the Bush

    By Susanna Moodie and Susan Glickman

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    Roughing It in The Bush chronicles Susanna Moodie’s harsh and often humorous experiences homesteading in the woods of Upper Canada. A frank and fascinating account of how one woman coped, not only with a new world, but with a new self, this unabridged text continues to justify the international sensation it caused when it was first published in 1852.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateFeb 24, 2009
    ISBN9781551992129
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    Susanna Moodie

    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.

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    • 4/5
      Excellent true chronical of Susanna Moodie's journey to Canada in 1832 and her first seven years in Canada as one of the first English settlers in Ontario.
    • 3/5
      A bit of rough sloughing. Didn't read the poetry.