Penguin Black Classics Backwoods Of Canada - 6 Angebote vergleichen

Lieferung aus: Kanada, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Leonard Shoup.
Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Penguin, 2006, 1st Edition thus, First Printing, 2006. -----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, ---282 pages, b&w frontispiece of CPT by Sydney Strickland Tully, b&w illustrations by Owen Staples, ---"Catharine Parr Traill´s The Backwoods of Canada, first published in 1836, gives an intimate and vivid picture of life in the bush country of Upper Canada. The series of letters that make up the book cover a period of two and half years. Though most were originally written to her mother, the letters were later compiled and published for an intended audience of future female emigrants. Traill´s account of life in the New World is cheerful and buoyant despite the hardships she relays—from the three-month journey to Upper Canada by ship to settling in the bush near Peterborough, Ontario. The letters offer remarkable insight into the skills a well-suited woman might be expected to learn, but the lasting appeal of her work is due to her astute observations of changing notions of class and economy, which reached well beyond her stated audience. Traill typified a new type of woman - the pioneer -and contributed much to an emerging understanding of Canada and Canadian identity. ."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Owen Staples Illustrations, Uncredited Cover Art .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Secondsource Books Inc. [3465552], Bolton, ON, Canada.
0670065064 In excellent clean condition. Tightly bound with clean pages. No writing or highlighting etc. Dust jacket in very nice condition but has a few faint markings on the front. Packaged and shipped with care. Orders to US and Canadian destinations ship with tracking.

Lieferung aus: Kanada, in-stock.
Available for the first time in enriched e-book format, this edition offers visual and historical insights into Parr Traill's account of pioneer life via electronic weblinks. Like a full-colour footnote, select words and phrases throughout the book are links to websites that contain a wealth of additional information, pictures, definitions and historical information that gives context to the text. Now, with the click of a mouse, you can investigate life in the backwoods without having to leave your screen. Catharine Parr Traill's The Backwoods of Canada, first published in 1836, gives an intimate and vivid picture of life in the bush country of Upper Canada. The series of letters that make up the book cover a period of two and half years. Though most were originally written to her mother, the letters were later compiled and published for an intended audience of future female emigrants. Traill's account of life in the New World is cheerful and buoyant despite the hardships she relays-from the three-month journey to Upper Canada by ship to settling in the bush near Peterborough, Ontario. The letters offer remarkable insight into the skills a well-suited woman might be expected to learn, but the lasting appeal of her work is due to her astute observations of changing notions of class and economy, which reached well beyond her stated audience. Traill typified a new type of woman-the pioneer-and contributed much to an emerging understanding of Canada and Canadian identity. "'The Backwoods of Canada is one of the most frank and pragmatic pioneer accounts ever written and the first to examine women's experience and the domestic economy of the settler's life in any detail." -Camilla Gibb.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Leonard Shoup (Member of IOBA) [31200], BURLINGTON, ON, Canada.
-----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, ---282 pages, b&w frontispiece of CPT by Sydney Strickland Tully, b&w illustrations by Owen Staples, ---"Catharine Parr Traill´s The Backwoods of Canada, first published in 1836, gives an intimate and vivid picture of life in the bush country of Upper Canada. The series of letters that make up the book cover a period of two and half years. Though most were originally written to her mother, the letters were later compiled and published for an intended audience of future female emigrants. Traill´s account of life in the New World is cheerful and buoyant despite the hardships she relays—from the three-month journey to Upper Canada by ship to settling in the bush near Peterborough, Ontario. The letters offer remarkable insight into the skills a well-suited woman might be expected to learn, but the lasting appeal of her work is due to her astute observations of changing notions of class and economy, which reached well beyond her stated audience. Traill typified a new type of woman - the pioneer -and contributed much to an emerging understanding of Canada and Canadian identity. ."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Versandkostenfrei.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books [51315977], Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, M and N Media [55973276], Acworth, GA, U.S.A.
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