Authors: Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885

In Survival Stories

By Emily Rodriguez

"Roughing It in the Bush" by Susanna Moodie is a settler's account published in 1852. Written for British subjects considering immigration, this memoir chronicles Moodie's experiences homesteading in Upper Canada during the 1830s. Through vivid sketches, she exposes the harsh realities of pioneer life—backbreaking labor, crude living conditions, an...