...and cultural deprivation, were the subject of prose sketches by the Strickland sisters, Susanna Strickland Moodie and Catherine Parr Strickland Traill. Moodie’s harsh, yet at times comical, Roughing It in the Bush (1852) was written to discourage prospective emigrants, but Traill’s Backwoods of Canada (1836) presents a more favourable picture of the New World.
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English-born Canadian pioneer and author who wrote realistic, insightful, often humorous accounts of life in the wilderness. Her most important work is Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada (1852), a book of instruction for future pioneers based on her own experiences. She emigrated to the Upper Canadian wilderness in 1832 with her husband, a British army officer, and her sister,...