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Moodie immigrated to upper canada soon to become canada west, near modernday peterborough, ontario during the 1830s. Roughing it in the bush is susanna moodie s account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of upper canada, as an englishwoman homesteading abroad. Summary of chapters 21 the end of roughing it in the bush, by susanna moodie chapter 21 page 365 the little stumpy man during 1836, a short, stumpy, thickset man, who claimed to be a british sailor, came to the door one day. Coming this spring is a graphic version of roughing it in the bush for younger readers, called susanna moodie. Her work has directly inspired many canadian memoirs by women, and margaret atwood, one of canadas most honoured.
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