num_pages: 379
description: Using correspondence and personal papers as well as their published works, this biography tells the tale of two nineteenth century women who travelled to Canada expecting to make their fortunes and join the cream of colonial society only to face desperate forest fires, wild animals, frostbite and starvation. Their fortitude and hard-won success as writers and the first chroniclers of the native flora made them icons of early Canadian literature.
language: English
title: Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
titlecomplete: Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
characters: Susanna Moodie, Catharine Parr Traill
genres: Historical, Biography, Canadian Literature, Canada, Nonfiction, Female Authors, Womens, 19th Century, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 629
places: Canada
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Non‐Fiction Book
publisher: Viking