The Backwoods Of Canada
by Traill, Catharine Parr
CATHARINE PARR TRAILL was born in Surrey, England, on January 9, 1802. She was the fifth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Strickland. Her siblings were Eliza, Jane Margaret, Susanna (later Susanna Moodie), Samuel, and Agnes. In 1832 she married Lt. Thomas Traill. The couple emigrated to Upper Canada and settled near the Otonabee River close to Peterborough. Traill is the author of a number of books but is best-known for The Backwoods of Canada. She died in 1899 in Lakefield, Ontario.
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THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA: LETTERS OF NATURALIST CATHARINE TRAILL
by CATHARINE PARR TRAILL
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The Backwoods of Canada: Being the Letters of the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America.
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The Backwoods of Canada
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The Backwoods of Canada; Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer
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The Backwoods of Canada (New Canadian Library)
by Catharine Parr Traill
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McClelland & Stewart, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 1969 Reprint. 251 pages. Yellow and white pictorial paperback. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
by Catharine Parr Traill
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Toronto: New Canadian Library, 1971. 127 pages. A nice, clean, unmarked copy with a wee bit of edge rubbing and minor scuffing.. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada; Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
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Toronto: Prospero. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Facsimile. Hardcover. 1552671437 . 351 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is shelf rubbed with light wear at the spine ends. A facsimile reprint … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
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Backwoods of Canada
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. Good. New Canadian Library N. 51. Mrs. Traill's account of her 1832 trip to Canada and the first 2 1/2 years of her life in the bush country near Peterborough, Ontario. 125 pages. Covers sihtly rubbed, faint damp mark at margin; 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
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The Backwoods of Canada
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Toronto: Prospero Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 351. ""The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity in this portrayal of pioneer life 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."" Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
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Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1552671437; From the 1836 Charles Knight edition; clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "Although Traill had intended that her experiences and advice serve as a guide for the prospective English emigrant, the Backwoods of Canada, has risen above similar works of its day to become an integral part of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Glenn Gould, Music and Mind
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 2008. Trade Paper. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; "The first, and for many years the only, study of Gould's work. It is about Gould as a musical thinker, literary artist, and glorious misfit. No one who takes an interest in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Limited, 1929. Undetermined. very good. 1st edition. 377pp. Octavo, in green cloth over boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Frontispiece by Sydney Strickland Tully; illustrations by Owen Staples. Yellow dust jacket has pastedown illustration. "The Romance, the Beauty, and the Charm of Canada" booklist ("The Livest Booklist in Canada") on back panel.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada: Letters from the Wife of
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Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2006. This edition is an unabridged reprint of the original edition published in 1836, with a new 18 page introduction by Canadian writer Camilla Gibb.. Reprint. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada - Selections - New Canadian Library No 51
by Catharine Parr Traill
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The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
by TRAILL, CATHARINE PARR
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London: Charles Knight, 22 Ludgate Street, 1836. First Edition, Second Issue. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 mo. Pp. viii, 351 (includes half-title from The Library of Entertaining Knowledge), with 15 full-page illustrations (includes 1 map), 5 text illustrations, 8 tables. Original blind-framed textured cloth, rebacked with matching cloth, new endpapers, corners consolidated. Some mild soiling to the cloth,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Backwoods of Canada
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The Backwoods of Canada
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