Project Gutenberg 2005-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 292 Moodie, Susanna 1803 1885 Moodie, Susannah Strickland Strickland, S. (Susanna) Strickland, Susannah Life in the Backwoods Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Bidwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Life in the Backwoods" by Susanna Moodie is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book serves as a sequel to her previous work, "Roughing It in the Bush," and chronicles the author's experiences as she settles in the Canadian wilderness. It captures the struggles and challenges of frontier life, focusing on themes of survival, adaptation, and the human connection to nature and community. The opening of the book sets the stage for Moodie's journey into the backwoods as she reflects on leaving her former life behind. Accompanied by her husband and children, Moodie describes their travels through snowy landscapes, the uncertain future that awaits them, and the colorful characters they encounter along the way. As they traverse through wilderness fraught with obstacles, including a dangerous swamp, she shares her anxieties and hopes for their new life, while painting vivid scenes of the harsh yet beautiful Canadian landscape. This introduction establishes Moodie's voice, rich with emotional depth and observation, inviting readers into her world of pioneering spirit and perseverance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ontario -- Description and travel F1001 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 472742 2025-06-04T05:59:43.161767 text/html 482338 2021-02-26T00:08:39 text/html; charset=utf-8 170558 2021-02-26T00:08:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 248435 2025-06-04T05:59:51.633267 application/epub+zip 254847 2025-06-04T05:59:46.341775 application/epub+zip 236793 2025-06-04T05:59:45.021737 application/epub+zip 432261 2025-06-04T05:59:55.768246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408159 2025-06-04T05:59:50.807248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384387 2022-09-04T10:09:38.015012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414199 2025-06-04T05:59:42.516750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 414081 2018-03-16T06:09:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 162729 2018-03-16T06:10:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 411433 2013-05-18T08:16:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162363 2013-05-18T08:16:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411424 2013-05-18T08:16:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162313 2013-05-18T08:16:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22369 2025-06-04T05:59:55.919192 application/rdf+xml 12779 2025-06-04T05:59:45.598733 image/jpeg 3401 2025-06-04T05:59:45.308735 image/jpeg 242102 2025-06-04T05:59:43.203778 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia