FROM THE PUBLISHER

The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity in this book by Catharine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Treasured in the 19th century as an important source of practical information, The Backwoods of Canada is an extraordinary portrayal of pioneer life by one of Canada's most remarkable women.