I Bless You in My Heart: Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill"Though her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill's interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various. Her contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Canadian life, from a literary, historical, social, and scientific perspective, was significant." "Chosen from her nearly 500 extant letters, the 136 presented here vividly reflect typical aspects of social and family life, attachments to the Old World, health and medical conditions, travel, religious faith and practice, the stresses of settlement in Upper Canada in the 1830s, and the dispersal of families with the opening up of the Canadian and American West." "Together with the introductory essays, Traill's correspondence offers an intimate and revealing portrait of a courageous, caring, and remarkable woman - mother, pioneer, writer, and botanist."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
ISBN 0802008372 | 1 |
The poor country mouse | 114 |
SOURCES OF LETTERS AND ILLUSTRATIONS | 415 |
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I Bless You in My Heart: Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill Catherine Parr Strickland Traill No preview available - 1996 |
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