Catharine Parr Traill
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Catharine Parr Traill was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, particularly what is now Ontario. In the 1830s, Canada covered an area considerably smaller than tod
Catharine Parr Traill, Canadian settler and author
Mrs Catharine Parr Traill by William James Topley
Agnes Chamberlin's watercolour painting for Studies of Plant Life in Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill
Susanna Moodie
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Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.
Catharine Parr Traill
…sisters turned to writing and editorial work as the main source of family income. Sister to fellow authors Agnes Strickland, Jane Margaret Strickland, Susanna Moodie, and Elisabeth Strickland, Traill was the first of her siblings to commence writing. She began writing children's books in 1818 after the death of her…
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