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 privation: 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 Catherine Parr Traill
titlecomplete: Sisters in the Wilderness : The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill
characters: Susanna Moodie, Catharine Parr Traill
genres: 19th Century, Biography, History, Canada, Historical, Female Authors, Womens, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Canadian Literature
ratings_count: 629
places: Canada
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Non‐Fiction Book
publisher: Duckworth & Co.