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Roughing It in the Bush, or Forest Life in Canada (Classic Reprint)
Roughing It in the Bush, or Forest Life in Canada (Classic Reprint) | Susanna Moodie
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Excerpt from Roughing It in the Bush, or Forest Life in Canada The choice of the country to which they devote their talents and energies depends less upon their pecuniary means than upon the fancy of the emigrant or the popularity of a name. From the year I 826 to 1829, Australia and the Swan River were all the rage. NO other portions Of the habitable globe were deem ed worthy of notice. These were the El Doma'os and lands of Goshen to which all respectable emi grants eagerly flocked. Disappointment, as a/matter of course, followed their high-raised expectations. Many of the most sanguine of these adventurers returned to their native shores in a worse condi tion than when they left them. In 1830, the great tide of emigration flowed westward. Canada became the great landmark for the rich in hope and poor in purse. Public newspapers and privateletters teemed with the unheard-of advantages to be derived from a settlement in this highly-favoured region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Roughing It in the Bush | Susanna Moodie
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I'm back from vacation, and directly into an overflowing inbox and several fires to extinguish presto. I have not been reading anything at all.

Among the messages was a request to apply to the position of Dean in a small Canadian uni, one with moxie and spunk, in one of the Prairie provinces. Yeah, no. Never. Not over my dead body, not for the position, not for moving even farther west. Nope! I like that uni. I wish it the best, but NOPE!

Come-read-with-me @tournevis congratulations! My husband just became a Dean at a uni in SoCal. Moving to the prairies would be hard. I grew up in Saskatchewan and the winters can be brutal! Still, it‘s nice to be given the offer! 5y
tournevis @Come-read-with-me I do think it's a spray offer though. I'm one of many! 5y
Come-read-with-me @tournevis Don‘t be modest. You‘re still in the spray- that‘s IMPRESSIVE!!! 5y
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tournevis @Come-read-with-me Thank you. ☺️ 5y
twohectobooks I love your choice of title for this post and can‘t help wondering which university! I dearly love the prairies but I don‘t blame anyone who doesn‘t want to settle here. 5y
tournevis @twohectobooks I already live 6h away from my family, I'm not moving farther away. 5y
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