The Backwoods of Canada; Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
by Traill, Catherine Parr
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1552671437
- ISBN 13
- 9781552671436
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart [1-55267-143-7] 2000, facsimile edition. (Hardcover) 351pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, illustrations, maps, appendix. "Catharine Parr Traill immigrated to Upper Canada in 1832, newly married, the wife of a British army officer. Her life in pastoral rural England as an author of children's books had left her entirely unprepared for the years of struggle she and her husband would experience in trying to establish a homestead in the wilderness". Locale: Canada; Ontario--Canada; Upper Canada. (Canada, Correspondence, Letter Writing, Pioneer Life, Settlement--Canada, Social History).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152330
- Title
- The Backwoods of Canada; Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
- Author
- Traill, Catherine Parr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1552671437
- ISBN 13
- 9781552671436
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Canada, Correspondence, Letter Writing, Pioneer Life, Settlement--Canada, Social History
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN HISTORY;
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