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Mosquitotide : Early Voices - Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639-1914.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downie, Mary Alice.
- Robertson, Barbara, author.
- Errington, Elizabeth Jane, author.
- Murphy, Emily "Janey Canuck", author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Mosquitotide
- Early voices
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Dundurn, 2015.
- Summary:
- This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman's wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children's writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general's wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women's experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4597-3481-5
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