Charlotte Gray
In the inhospitable and hardscrabble bush of Canada, facing a pioneering existence that they never even knew existed, the well-educated, but modestly married, British born Strickland sisters, Susanna and Catharine, turned to the pen to ease their loneliness and isolation. Susanna Moodieâ€™s ,Roughing It in the Bush, warned her countrymen from taking the bait and emigrating to Canada; Catharine Parr Traillâ€™s ,The Backwoods of Canada, and ,Life in the Clearings, celebrated her new-found freedom in Canada's classless society, and the spirit of industry. Both women had great influence on England's understanding of colonial Canada, as well as on Canada's own vision of its young self. Their writings have become central to all Canadian studies courses and are considered classic examples of pioneer memoirs.
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Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill