Roughing It in the Bush

Roughing It in the Bush or Life in Canada By Susanna Moodie. With a New Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Originally published 1852. Virago/Beacon Travelers, Beacon Press, 1986. In the 1830s, thousands of peoplelured by promises of fertile soil, a mild climate, cheap goods, and minimal taxesemigrated from England to Canada. They thought that they had only to come out to Canada to make their fortunes, writes Susanna Moodie, almost even to realise the story told in the nursery, of the sheep and...