Flood: Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
- ISBN-10
- 1459734882
- ISBN-13
- 9781459734883
- Series
- Flood
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 100
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-18
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Authors
- Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington
Description
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
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