LEADER 04562nam 2200697 450 001 9910460705403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5654-9 010 $a1-4426-3323-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656543 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433129 035 $a(EBL)3432037 035 $a(OCoLC)929153532 035 $a(CEL)449919 035 $a(OCoLC)918589085 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235838 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669443 035 $a(DE-B1597)465710 035 $a(OCoLC)944178732 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669443 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255976 035 $a(OCoLC)958570738 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433129 100 $a20160920h19961996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aI bless you in my heart $eselected correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill /$fedited by Carl Ballstadt, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Michael A. Peterman 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1996. 210 4$dİ1996 215 $a1 online resource (456 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-0837-2 311 $a1-4426-5161-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [415]-416) index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChronology -- $tAbbreviations -- $tI. 1830-1859: ?The changes and chances of a settler?s life? -- $tII. 1860-1884: ?The poor country mouse? -- $tIII. 1885-1899: ?The sight of green things is life to me? -- $tGenealogies -- $tSources of Letters and Illustrations -- $tIndex 330 $aThough her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill?s interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various. Her contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Canadian life, from a literary, historical, and scientific perspective, was significant. Chosen from her nearly 500 extant letters, the 136 presented here vividly reflect typical aspects of social and family life, attachments to the Old World, health and medical conditions, travel, religious faith and practice, the stresses of settlement in Upper Canada in the 1830s, and the dispersal of families with the opening up of the Canadian and American West. Spanning seventy years, the letters are presented in three sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay. The first, ?1830?1859: ?The changes and chances of a settler?s life,?? traces Traill?s story from her emergence as one of the literary Strickland sisters in England, through the difficult, poverty-stricken years of settlement and family raising in Canada, to her husband?s death. The second, ?1860?1884: ?The poor country mouse,?? reveals her quiet life at Westove (her cottage at Lakefield), her devotion to family and friends, and the time she spent writing botanical essays and seeking a publisher for them. A trip to Ottawa in 1884 awakened her to a recognition of the literary stature she had earned. The third section, ?1885?1899: ?The sight of green things is life to me,?? begins with the publication of her Studies of Plant Life in Canada and sheds light on the public recognition she received, her continuing literary productivity, and the strengthening of her role as matriarch of the Strickland family in Canada. It closes with her death on 29 August 1899. Together with the introductory essays, Traill?s correspondence offers an intimate and revealing portrait of a courageous, caring, and remarkable woman?mother, pioneer, writer, and botanist. 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zOntario 606 $aWomen pioneers$zOntario$vCorrespondence 606 $aPioneers$zOntario$vCorrespondence 607 $aOntario$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aWomen pioneers 615 0$aPioneers 676 $a971.3/02/092 700 $aTraill$b Catherine Parr Strickland$f1802-1899,$0967193 702 $aBallstadt$b Carl$f1931- 702 $aHopkins$b Elizabeth$cBA, 702 $aPeterman$b Michael A.$f1942- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460705403321 996 $aI bless you in my heart$92195691 997 $aUNINA