1803-1884+Susanna+Moodie

"Susanna Moodie." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 May 2012. Web. 31 May 2012. .

"Roughing It in the Bush." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 May 2012. Web. 31 May 2012. .

"Susanna Moodie." //: English-Canadian Writers : Canadian Writers : Centre for Language and Literature : Athabasca University//. Web. 31 May 2012. .


 * Susanne Moodie**

Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian best known for her autobiography //"Roughing it through the bush"// in 1852 which gives an accurate telling of the hardships of living in Canada as a pioneer in the 1830's. Aside from the hardships, there are also humorous stories and lively sketches of the people that lived in the area. Moodie based this book on her life as a pioneer in what is now present day Ontario.

=__Biography__= -Maiden name was Susanna Strickland -Married her husband Lieutenant J. W. D. Moodie, a British Officer fighting in the Napoleonic War in 1832 -Later that year, Her and her husband emigrated to the area north of Lake Ontario(Upper Canada) -There she lived with her middle class family -Wrote fiction and poetry for Literary Garland, a Canadian magazine company from 1839 to 1851
 * -**Born into a wealthy family in Bungay, England near Norwich

=__Roughing it Through the Bush__= -Published //"Roughing it Through the Bush"// in 1852 detailing her life on the farm in the 1830s -Roughing it through the bush was apart of a trilogy Moodie wrote to account her experiences as an emigrant in Canada -Flora Lyndsay(1854) is a prequel that specifies the preparations for emmigration -Life in the clearings(1853) an exploration of Canadian towns and institutions -Moodie's accounts of hardship of settler life was very different compared to the image being brought up by the British -Being lost in a new environment, dirty and exhausting demands of land clearing and house raising, and gossip and conflicts between new emigrants are explored in detail -Moodie also adds in touches of humour, but also underlying irony

=__Reception__= -Roughing it in the bush was well-received when it was first published in the 1950 -Several editions were published in Britain and the United States -The book wasn't published until 1871 -She received criticism when the book was published in Canada -Charges of Canadian-bias and Irish-bias were accused of her -She addressed her feelings in a book she later wrote named //Life in the Clearings// expressing her love for the country resulting from years of "peace and comfort"

=**__Later Life__**= -She remained in Belleville living with various family members (Particularly her son Robert) after her husband's death -She lived the see the Canadian Confederation (Independence of Canada) -She died in Toronto Ontario on April 8, 1885 and was buried in the Belleville cemetary

=**__Impact__**= Moodie wrote Roughing it in the Bush because she wanted to let the people back in Britain know what was going on in the colonies and to prepare them if they plan to settle in Canada. Because of her helpful and important information, she was regarded as the "Immigrant's Guide". She also contributed a lot to the immigration process with her books.

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