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Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
In the inhospitable and hardscrabble bush of Canada, facing a pioneering existence that they never even knew existed, the well-educated, but modestly married, British born Strickland sisters, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr, turned to the pen to ease their loneliness and isolation.
Both women had great influence on England's understanding of colonial Canada, as well as on Canada's own vision of its young self. Their writings have become central to all Canadian studies courses and are considered classic examples of pioneer memoirs.