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The Canadian Crusoes : a tale of the Rice Lake Plains / by Catharine Parr Traill ; edited by her sister, Agnes Strickland ; Illustrated by Harvey.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 4827
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC85 T6814 852i 1853
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899.
Contributor:
Strickland, Agnes, 1796-1874, editor.
Orr, John William, 1815-1887, engraver.
Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.
C.S. Francis & Co., publisher.
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction.
Wilderness survival.
Outdoor life--Juvenile fiction.
Outdoor life.
Nature stories.
Interracial marriage.
Indians of North America.
Ontario.
Ontario--Rice Lake.
Indians of North America--Ontario--Rice Lake--Juvenile fiction.
Cousins--Juvenile fiction.
Cousins.
Interracial marriage--Juvenile fiction.
Ontario--Description and travel--Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Nature stories.
Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Novels.
Penn Provenance:
Evarts, Charles B. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Gourd(?), Martha (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Mountain, Louis (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Balcom, Miss (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
376 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Other Title:
Also issued under title: Lost in the backwoods
Place of Publication:
New York : C.S. Francis & Co.; Boston : Crosby, Nichols & Co., 1853.
Notes:
Added title page, engraved.
Publisher's catalogue (20 p.) follows text.
Local Notes:
Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of C.B. Evarts.
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has ms. gift inscription ("To. Miss Martha Gourd[?] From her friend and Teacher") on front free endpaper.
Schimmel Collection copy has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("Louis Mountain from Miss Balcom. 1892.") on blank leaf following front free endpaper.
OCLC:
15506706

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