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Roughing It In The Bush
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Roughing It In The Bush (1999) (edit title/settings)

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When Roughing It in the Bush was published in 1852, it created an international sensation, not only for Susanna Moodie’s “glowing narrative of personal incident,” but also for her firm determination to puncture the illusions European land-agents were circulating about life in Canada. This... read more

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  • “Such acts of heroism are common in the lower walks of life. Thus, the purest gems are often encased in the rudest crust; and the finest feelings of the human heart are fostered in the chilling atmosphere of poverty.”
    narrator Mrs Moodie

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THE dreadful cholera was depopulating Quebec and Montreal, when our ship cast anchor off Grosse Isle, on the 30th of August, 1832, and we were boarded a few minutes after by the health-officers.

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  1. Susanna Moodie (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0886290457
Page Count: 680

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