Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie
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"Roughing It in the Bush" by Susanna Moodie is a settler's account published in 1852. Written for British subjects considering immigration, this memoir chronicles Moodie's experiences homesteading in Upper Canada during the 1830s. Through vivid sketches, she exposes the harsh realities of pioneer life—backbreaking labor, crude living conditions, and social tensions—that contrasted sharply with the utopian promises used to lure middle-class emigrants. Her frank, often darkly humorous narrative reveals the profound gap
between immigrant dreams and Canadian frontier truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885 |
|---|---|
| Title | Roughing It in the Bush |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughing_it_in_the_Bush |
| Credits |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | F1001: North America local history: Canada |
| Subject | Moodie, Susannah, 1803-1885 |
| Subject | Ontario -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario |
| Subject | Pioneers -- Ontario -- Biography |
| Subject | Women pioneers -- Ontario -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4389 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1388 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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