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3 unusual facts about Susanna Moodie


Katchewanooka Lake

Susanna Moodie, author of Roughing it in the Bush (1852), lived on a farm on the lake in the 1830s.

Roughing it in the Bush

Roughing It in the Bush (Full title: Roughing It in The Bush: or, Forest Life in Canada) is an account of life as a Canadian settler by Susanna Moodie.

Susanna Moodie

She wrote her first children's book in 1822, and published other children's stories in London, including books about Spartacus and Jugurtha.


Bungay

Catharine Parr Traill, who concentrated on children's literature; and Susanna Moodie, who emigrated to Canada and wrote Roughing it in the Bush (1852) as a warning to others.


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