A diary in America vs Backwoods of Canada: Which Should You Read?

A diary in America Frederick Marryat · 1839 ★★★★☆ 3.8 300 pages · ≈ 5 h 33 m · Challenging

"First appeared in June 1839...in three volumes, with three supplementary volumes appearing later in the year... In preparing this edition...I have used both the first and second series."

Backwoods of Canada Catherine Parr Traill · 1836 ★★★★☆ 3.7 351 pages · ≈ 6 h 30 m · Challenging

The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity on The Backwoods of Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English…