{"product_id":"improved-by-cultivation-english-canadian-prose-to-1914-9781551110493","title":"Improved by Cultivation: English-Canadian Prose","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology combines some of the finest writing by such well-known writers as Leacock, Moodie, Ernest Thompson Seton and Lucy Maud Montgomery with fascinating pieces by lesser-known names such as George Copway (the first Canadian native writer to have his work published in English) and Lady Agnes Macdonald (the wife of Canada's first prime minister, and a popular writer of great verve and enthusiasm). In addition to three genres of fiction the anthology includes two important varieties of non-fiction in which early Canadians made a strong and distinctive contribution: Travel and Exploration Narratives and Memoirs and Descriptive Sketches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful collection…Moyles has selected a wide variety of writers whose popular and entertaining writing will still resonate with readers today.” — David Marshall, University of Calgary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eImproved by Cultivation\u003c\/em\u003e brings attractively together a whole range of late 18th- and early 19th-century episodes, stories and sketches that take Canada and Canadians as their subject…a collection that gives a forceful sense of what people did, said and read in the period that ended with World War I.” — Professor John Lennox, English Department York University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart One: Travel and Exploration Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Whitbourne - \u003cem\u003eA Discourse \u0026amp; Discovery of Newfoundland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Henry - \u003cem\u003eThe Massacre at Fort Michilimackinac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Hearne - \u003cem\u003eTransactions at the Coppermine River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander MacKenzie - \u003cem\u003eOn the Shore of the Pacific Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Brownell Jameson - \u003cem\u003eNiagara Falls in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Kane - \u003cem\u003eChristmas at Fort Edmonton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. Ewing Ritchie - \u003cem\u003eAmongst the Cow-Boys\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDillon Wallace - \u003cem\u003eHubbard’s Last Camp in Labrador\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgnes Deans Cameron - \u003cem\u003eDown the Athabasca River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Two: Memoirs and Descriptive Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Copway - \u003cem\u003eThe Ojibway Nation: Plays and Exercises\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatharine Parr Traill - \u003cem\u003eClearing the Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusanna Moodie - \u003cem\u003eCanadian Customs: The Charivari\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Beaven - \u003cem\u003eA Native New Brunswicker’s House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Howells Fréchette - \u003cem\u003eLife at Rideau Hall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLady Agnes MacDonald - \u003cem\u003eBy Car and Cowcatcher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Donkin - \u003cem\u003eThe Hanging of Louis Riel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Jephson - \u003cem\u003eThe French Canadian Habitant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorgina Binnie-Clark - \u003cem\u003eThreshing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Three: Satirical and Humorous Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances Brooke - \u003cem\u003eThe History of Emily Montague\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas McCulloch - \u003cem\u003eThe Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Chandler Haliburton - \u003cem\u003eThe Clockmaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE.W. Thomson - \u003cem\u003eThe Privilege of the Limits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Leacock - \u003cem\u003eBorrowing a Match\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Barr - \u003cem\u003eHow Finley McGillis Held the Pier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Four: Animal Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles G.D. Roberts - \u003cem\u003eDo Seek their Meat from God and The Master of the Golden Pool\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Thompson Seton - \u003cem\u003eThe Biography of a Grizzly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Five: Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilbert Parker - \u003cem\u003eThe Patrol of the Cypress Hills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLily Dougall - \u003cem\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Campbell Scott - \u003cem\u003ePaul Farlotte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman Duncan - \u003cem\u003eThe Fruits of Toil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara Jeannette Duncan - \u003cem\u003eThe Heir Apparent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL.M. Montgomery - \u003cem\u003eThe Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarjorie Pickthall - \u003cem\u003eLuck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041301725527,"sku":"9781551110493","price":35.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551110493.jpg?v=1750949725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/improved-by-cultivation-english-canadian-prose-to-1914-9781551110493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}