Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains by Traill
"Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains" by Catharine Parr Traill is a novel published in 1852, considered the first Canadian novel for children. Three children—two English Canadian and one French Canadian—become lost in the wilderness near Rice Lake in southern Ontario and must survive together. When they meet a Mohawk girl who joins their group, the children combine their different skills and knowledge to endure the harsh Canadian landscape,
ultimately suggesting themes of cooperation and nation-building in the new world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899 |
|---|---|
| Title | Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Crusoes |
| Credits |
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Fiction |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Ontario -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 8382 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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