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THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA: LETTERS OF NATURALIST CATHARINE TRAILL
by CATHARINE PARR TRAILL
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1552673588
- ISBN 13
- 9781552673584
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The full title of this book is
The Backwoods of Canada: Being the Letters of the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America.
It was first published, in the UK, in 1836. This is a facsimile reprint.
Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) was a successful English writer when she married a British officer who, in 1832, was posted to Canada. She was wholly unprepared for the struggles they endured while establishing themselves in the vast, still unexplored, wilderness. But she remained positive and upbeat, wrote many letters to her mother about her experiences, and they became this book. The book was meant to serve as guidance and advice for other immigrants, but it became a best-seller, and a classic, of both social history and nature writing.
This is a trade paperback, 351 pages with many illustrations.
It has one dogear, on page 19. Unread after that.
It is otherwise perfect.
PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER, DELIVERY CAN TAKE FROM 2 TO 5 MONTHS.
The Backwoods of Canada: Being the Letters of the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America.
It was first published, in the UK, in 1836. This is a facsimile reprint.
Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) was a successful English writer when she married a British officer who, in 1832, was posted to Canada. She was wholly unprepared for the struggles they endured while establishing themselves in the vast, still unexplored, wilderness. But she remained positive and upbeat, wrote many letters to her mother about her experiences, and they became this book. The book was meant to serve as guidance and advice for other immigrants, but it became a best-seller, and a classic, of both social history and nature writing.
This is a trade paperback, 351 pages with many illustrations.
It has one dogear, on page 19. Unread after that.
It is otherwise perfect.
PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER, DELIVERY CAN TAKE FROM 2 TO 5 MONTHS.
Synopsis
CATHARINE PARR TRAILL was born in Surrey, England, on January 9, 1802. She was the fifth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Strickland. Her siblings were Eliza, Jane Margaret, Susanna (later Susanna Moodie), Samuel, and Agnes. In 1832 she married Lt. Thomas Traill. The couple emigrated to Upper Canada and settled near the Otonabee River close to Peterborough. Traill is the author of a number of books but is best-known for The Backwoods of Canada . She died in 1899 in Lakefield, Ontario.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1065
- Title
- THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA: LETTERS OF NATURALIST CATHARINE TRAILL
- Author
- CATHARINE PARR TRAILL
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1552673588
- ISBN 13
- 9781552673584
- Publisher
- Prospero
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 351
- Keywords
- Pioneers, Settlers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian History; Nature & Environment; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossary
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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