Susanna Moodie - the distraught pioneer. Roughing It in the Bush.

Susanna Moodie immigrated to Canada as she approached the age of thirty, becoming one of the most historically important figures of Canadian settlement. She had already been an established writer in England and was a person of a good name, position and connections. There are many reasons why Susanna Moodie is now perceived to be rather ambivalent in her opinions, one of them being the fact that immigrating not out of necessity, but out of choice and having to overlap two separate continents of different culture, manners, philosophies, and most importantly political attitudes is sure to bri…