| Roughing It in the Bush: Penguin Modern Classics Edition Contributor(s): Moodie, Susanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0735252793 ISBN-13: 9780735252790 Publisher: Emblem Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Series: New Canadian Library |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.95 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Told with wit, spontaneity, and candour, Susanna Moodie's account of life on a backwoods farm captures an important part of Canadian history, now available as a Penguin Modern Classic. Roughing It in the Bush chronicles Susanna Moodie's harsh and often humorous experiences homesteading in the woods of Upper Canada. She describes a life of backbreaking labour, poverty, and hardship on a pioneer farm in the colonial wilderness. Her sharp observations, satirical character sketches, and moments of despair and terror were a startling contrast to the widely circulated optimistic portrayals of life in British North America, written to entice readers across the Atlantic. 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. |