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Susanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was a British author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada.
Moodie, younger sister of Catharine Parr Traill, and was one of a family of writers. She wrote her first children's book in 1822, and published other children's stories in London, including books about Spartacus and Jugurtha. In London she was also involved in the anti-slavery movement. On 4 April 1831, she married John Moodie, a retired officer who had served in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1832, with her husband and daughter, Moodie emigrated to Canada. The family settled on a farm near Peterborough, Upper Canada, where her brother Samuel worked as a surveyor.
Moodie continued to write in Canada and her letters and journals contain valuable information about life in the colony. She observed life in what was then the backwoods of Ontario, including native customs, relations between the Canadian population and recent American, the strong sense of community and the communal work known as "bees", the climate, and the wildlife. She suffered through the economic depression in 1836, and her husband served in the militia against William Lyon Mackenzie in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837.
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@highwindows YEAH, I don't like Susanna Moodie in general. I've heard of some, but never read those! I still haven't finished The Decameron
limetree (limetree) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:20:22 -0000
@highwindows YEAH, I don't like Susanna Moodie in general. I've heard of some, but never read those! I still haven't finished The Decameron
@highwindows I've heard of it, and I read some of the stuff drawn from Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush.
limetree (limetree) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:01:58 -0000
@highwindows I've heard of it, and I read some of the stuff drawn from Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush.
Canadian Poetry Archive: Susanna Moodie - Biography and selected works.
Canadian Writers: Susanna Moodie - Biography of the author.
Meta Description: [ Canadian Writers web pages contain biographical information, essays, and links for literary discussions. ]
Grave of Susanna Moodie - Photographs of the gravesite.
Library of Congress Citations: Susanna Moodie - Book and name citations.
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush - Review of 'Life in the Clearings' from CM Archive.
Roughing It in the Bush - Complete text of the novel.
Selected Poetry of Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) - Biography and several poems.
Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill - Information on three historical collections held by Library and Archives Canada, as well as biographical and historical information about each woman.
Meta Description: [ Collection of information about two 19th-century Canadian authors, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill. Includes biographies, information on the authors' experiences as pioneers, and selections from their books and letters. ]
Women Pioneers in Peterborough County: Susanna Moodie - Biography, letters, poems, and holdings at the Trent University Archives.
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