Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899)

Autore di The Backwoods of Canada

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Catherine Parr Traill was born in Kent, England on January 9, 1802. She was educated at her home and began to write when she was fifteen years of age. Her first children's book was published in 1818. She wrote many juvenile works including Disobedience, or Mind What Mama Says and Happy Because mostra altro Good, which were published without her name, and sold very well. In 1832, she married Lieutenant Thomas Traill. They emigrated to Canada and settled in Douro, Ontario, in 1833. After arriving in Canada, she contributed to several periodicals including Chambers's Journal and Sharpe's London Magazine. She also published several books including The Backwoods of Canada; The Female Emigrant's Guide, and Hints on Canadian Housekeeping; The Canadian Settlers' Guide; Canadian Crusoes; Ramblings in the Canadian Forest; Stories of the Canadian Forests; Canadian Wild Flowers; Studies of Plant Life in Canada; Pearls and Pebbles; and Afar in the Forest. She died on August 29, 1899. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Comprende i nomi: C.P Traill, Catherine Parr Trail, Catharine Parr Traill, Catherine Parrq Trail, Catherine Parr Traill, Catherine Parr Traill, Catherine Parr Triall, Catharine Parr Traill, Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, , Mrs. Traill [Catherine Parr Traill]

Fonte dell'immagine: Catherine Parr Traill. Photograph from National Archives of Canada. C-067337

Opere di Catharine Parr Traill

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The Backwoods of Canada (1836) 190 copie

The Canadian Settler's Guide (1860) 38 copie

Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains (1852) 29 copie

Canadian Wild Flowers [Wildflowers] (1868) 23 copie

Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (Carleton Library… (2017) 12 copie

Pearls and Pebbles (1894) 10 copie

I bless you in my heart : selected correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill (1996) 6 copie

In The Forest (2005) 4 copie

Lady Mary And Her Nurse; or, A Peep Into The Canadian Forest (1856) 3 copie

The old doctor: A backwoods sketch 3 copie

Forest and other gleanings : the fugitive writings of Catharine Parr Traill (1994) 2 copie

The Female Emigrant's Guide, and Hints on Canadian Housekeeping (2015) 2 copie

Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses (2008) 2 copie

Afar in the Forest; or, Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Wilds of Canada 2 copie

THE TELL-TALE (2018) 2 copie

Little Downy; History of a Field-Mouse (ill.) 2 copie

Cot & Cradle Stories (ill.) (1895) 1 copia

Catherine Parr Traill's Collected Works: Canadian Crusoes, The Backwoods of Canada, and More! (12 Works): Children's… (2014) 1 copia

The Young Emigrants or Pictures of Canada 1 copia

With cheerful heart : a sampler of the botanical writings of Catharine Parr Traill 1 copia

Afar in the Forest: Or Pictures of Life and Scenery (Classic Reprint) (2015) 1 copia

The Life of Logan Belt, the Noted Desperado of Southern Illinois: A Complete Life History of the Most Daring, Desperado… (2015) 1 copia

Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses (2012) 1 copia

Symbiosis (included in Wayzgoose 1984 Anthology) 1 copia

Little Downy : the story of a field mouse (2005) 1 copia

The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer ... 1836 [Leather Bound] 1 copia

The Emigrant Housekeepers Guide to the Backwoods of Canada (1857) 1 copia

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The Oxford Book of Stories by Canadian Women in English (1999) — Autore, alcune edizioni — 30 copie

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Nome legale: Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
Altri nomi: Strickland, Catharine
Data di nascita: 1802-01-09
Data di morte: 1899-08-29
Luogo di sepoltura: Hillside Cemetery, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: UK
Canada
Luogo di nascita: Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
Luogo di morte: Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Luogo di residenza: London, England, UK
Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Attività lavorative: children's book author
nature writer
diarist
Relazioni: Moodie, Susanna (sister)
Strickland, Agnes (sister)
Strickland, Samuel (brother)
Traill, Walter (son)
Premi e riconoscimenti: Government of Canada Commemorative Stamp
Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, Catharine Parr Traill College
Breve biografia: Catharine Parr Strickland was a sister of authors Agnes Strickland and Susanna Moodie. She began writing children's books in 1818, after the death of her father. In 1832, she married Lieutenant Thomas Traill, a retired officer of the Napoleonic Wars and a friend of her sister's husband, John Moodie, despite family objections. Soon after their marriage, the couple left for Canada, settling near Peterborough, Upper Canada, where her brother Samuel was a surveyor. Susannah Moodie emigrated soon afterward. Catharine Traill described her new life in letters and journals, and collected these into The Backwoods of Canada (1836), which continues to be read as an important source of information about early Canada.

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The backwoods of Canada: being letters from the… di Catherine Parr Strickland Traill

This is a very interesting and informative memoir of the wife of a British soldier. Mrs Parr Trail writes letters to family and friends back in the UK and describes the voyage across the Atlantic, the landing in Quebec City and the voyage through Montreal and then Ontario to their settlement near today's Peterborough. One of the reasons for publishing the memoir is to provide prospective emigrants with the real story of what life could be like if they should choose to settle in Canada. The life of the first settlers was not an easy one but with some funds, hard work and patience, it was possible to clear some land, build a suitable dwelling and put into crops to survive the first few years. The memoir is very positive and discusses what makes a good settler. She even handles the subject of class and warns those of the upper classes who are afraid of hard labour to stay home. Canada was a level playing field for immigrants from all classes and those who worked hard were successful, regardless of their backgrounds. Her writing is excellent and she describes the flora, fauna and natural environment with care. She also provides instructions on pickling, candle making, bread making.maple syrup etc… (altro)

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MaggieFlo | 3 altre recensioni | Jan 17, 2014 |

Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains… di Catherine Parr Strickland Traill

An interesting novel about some teenagers lost in the woods and surviving over the winter. Besides the author's botanic intrusions, and her habit of saying "This happened where the ---town Methodist Church now stands," the story is fairly realistic (it was based on actual cases of survival), and doesn't pull punches regarding the fate of a young Indian woman among her tribe's enemies.

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Georges_T._Dodds | Mar 30, 2013 |

The Backwoods of Canada (New Canadian Library) di Catharine Parr Traill

After reading Susannah Moodie's memoir of settling in Canada and absolutely hating it, I was dubious about committing myself to reading her sister's published letters on the same subject. I need not have worried, Catherine Parr Traill comes over as a much more pleasant person and I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with many of her views of life in her new country. I share her obsessions with the wildlife and flora of Ontario and am equally fascinated by the weather and the formations of ice on waterways in the winter.Traill's attitude towards the native population was rather patronising, but typical of the time. It was interesting to read about Canada at a time less than 200 years ago when nearly everyone was a new immigrant and when buying land carried with it obligations as to clearing a certain proportion of it and maintaining or creating a road. It was a time when the main signs of civilisation in a new community were the presence of a grist mill and saw mill, followed by a store and, eventually, a place of worship.… (altro)

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AJBraithwaite | 3 altre recensioni | Aug 7, 2012 |

The Canadian settler's guide di Catherine Parr Traill

(Originally published in 1853 - the Alcuin Society's edition is based on an 1855 edition) 450 numbered copies in two parts folded and gathered loose folio sheets, both housed in green cloth double slipcase. The Society has 37 sets of Part One & Part Two which are contained in paper envelopes. Ideal for binding. Part One - 67 + colophon. Part Two - 55 + colophon.

A pioneer writer and botanist, Mrs. Traill wrote the Guide, based on her personal experiences, to provide essential information to English emigrants for a successful adjustment to Canada.… (altro)

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alcuinsociety | May 11, 2008 |

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