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Flora Lyndsay, or, Passages in an eventful life / Susanna Moodie ; edited & with an introduction by Michael A. Peterman.

Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885 (author.). Peterman, Michael A., 1942- (editor.).

Summary:

Flora Lyndsay, a prequel to Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, presents a fictionalized record of her family's experiences in planning their emigration and crossing the Atlantic.

Record details

ISBN: 9780776621234 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0776621238 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780776621241 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0776621246 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Publisher: Ottawa [Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"The 1854 Richard Bentley first edition (RB) of Flora Lyndsay serves as copy ext for this edition. The textual notes that follow comprise alterations of hrasing, spelling, and punctuation in numerous passages undertaken by he American firm De Witt & Davenport (DD) in their 1855 edition. These include hanges of two kinds: small alterations in spelling, punctuation, and word choice o accord with American grammatical and stylistic practice; and additions and lterations apparently made by Moodie herself in the novel"--Textual notes.

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Prequel to Roughing it in the bush.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.