Brief Description:
A key work of Canadian literature, this unsentimental account of immigrant life remains a major influence on the country's writers.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Advertisement; Introduction; 1. Canada; 2. A visit to Grosse Island; 3. Quebec; 4. Our journey up the country; 5. Tom Wilson's emigration; 6. Our first settlement, and the borrowing system; 7. Old Satan and Tom Wilson's nose; 8. Uncle Joe and his family; 9. John Monaghan; 10. Phoebe H. and our second moving; 11. Brian, the still hunter; 12. The Charivari; 13. The village hotel; 14. The land-jobber. Volume 2: 1. A journey to the woods; 2. The wilderness and our Indian friends; 3. Burning the fallow; 4. Our logging-bee; 5. A trip to Stony Lake; 6. The 'ould dhragoon'; 7. Disappointed hopes; 8. The little stumpy man; 9. The fire; 10. The outbreak; 11. The whirlwood; 12. The walk to Dummer; 13. A change in our prospects; 14. The magic spell.