Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

"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
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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
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EBook-No. 4389
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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