Roughing it in the Bush

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Roughing It in the Bush (1852)
by Susanna Moodie

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In 1852, Moodie published Roughing it in the Bush, detailing her experiences on the farm in the 1830s. Her greatest success, it came of a suggestion by her editor that she write an "emigrant's guide" for British citizens, looking to move to Canada. But, unlike most of these tomes, Moodie wrote of the trials and tribulations she found as a "New Canadian", rather than the advantages to be had in the colony. She claimed her book wasn't meant to discourage immigration to Canada, but as a warning to people raised in relative wealth as herself and her family, with no prior experience as farmers. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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To Agnes Strickland
Author of the "Lives of the Queens of England"
This simple tribute of affection
is dedicated by her sister
Susanna Moodie

Introduction to the Third Edition
Chapter I: A Visit to Grosse Isle
Chapter II: Quebec
Chapter III: Our Journey up the Country
Chapter IV: Tom Wilson's Emigration
Chapter V: Our First Settlement, and the Borrowing System
Chapter VI: Old Satan and Tom Wilson's Nose
Chapter VII: Uncle Joe and his Family
Chapter VIII: John Monaghan
Chapter IX: Phoebe R—, and our Second Moving
Chapter X: Brian, the Still-Hunter
Chapter XI: The Charivari
Chapter XII: The Village Hotel
Chapter XIII: The Land-Jobber
Chapter XIV: A Journey to the Woods
Chapter XV: The Wilderness, and our Indian Friends
Chapter XVI: Burning the Fallow
Chapter XVII: Our Logging-Bee
Chapter XVIII: A Trip to Stony Lake
Chapter XIX: The "Ould Dhragoon"
Chapter XX: Disappointed Hopes
Chapter XXI: The Little Stumpy Man
Chapter XXII: The Fire
Chapter XXIII: The Outbreak
Chapter XXIV: The Whirlwind
Chapter XXV: The Walk to Dummer
Chapter XXVI: A Change in our Prospects
Chapter XXVII: Adieu to the Woods
Chapter XXVIII: Canadian Sketches
Appendix A: Advertisement to the Third Edition
Appendix B: Canada, a Contrast
Appendix C: Jeanie Burns

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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