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Diaries & First-Hand Accounts Pioneers and Settlement, Canada Genealogy & History More Books, Maps, & Resources - Canada | Flags of Canada Global Gazette Articles - Canada | Professional Researchers - Canada Searchable Online Data - Canada | Useful Web Links - Canada BOOK - Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush- by: Susanna Moodie.
In Life in the Clearing Versus the Bush (1853), the sequel to Roughing It in the Bush (1852), Susanna Moodie turns from an examination of pioneer life in the bush to a portrayal of the relatively sophisticated society springing up in the clearings along Lake Ontario, During a trip from Belleville to Niagara Falls, Moodie acts as a meticulous observer of the social customs and practices of the times.Invaluable as social history and as candid self-portrait of a remarkable woman, Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush chronicles, with wit and wisdom, Canadian society in the mid nineteenth century. The New Canadian Library edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text. 340pp., Paper Back, 4.5" x 7" ,1989, ISBN 0-7710-9976-2.
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