Sisters In The Wilderness: The Lives Of Susanna Moodie And Catharine Parr Traill

Name: Canada&#39;s Unsung &quot;Bronte&quot; Sisters
Item: Sisters In The Wilderness
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by Charlotte Gray

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Using correspondence and personal papers as well as their published works, this biography tells the tale of two nineteenth century women who travelled to Canada expecting to make their fortunes and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0140276742

ISBN13:9780140276749

Release Date:September 2000

Publisher:Penguin Canada

Length:400 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:8.1" x 0.9" x 5.3"

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Canada's Unsung "Bronte" Sisters

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago

I cannot believe that these women are not as well known in Canada as the Bronte's are in the UK and are not part of the high school curriculum's reading list. They are part of Canada's early "literati". These talented literary sister's story is an amazing, touching, even inspiring story of our early pioneering women who faced unbelivible hardship in an unforgiving enviorment of the backwoods with only the hap hazard support (at least in finacial terms) of their husbands. Their struggle gives testament to the early european immigrants who had none of the support enjoyed today and faced a much harsher enviorment. Their spirit is to be admired by any new Canadian immigrant and a eye opener for the rest of us.