Backwoods of Canada vs From sea to sea; letters of travel: Which Should You Read?

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…

From sea to sea; letters of travel Rudyard Kipling · 1889 ★★★★☆ 3.6 512 pages · ≈ 9 h 29 m · Challenging

Galley proofs, corrected in Kipling's hand, in preparation for the 1899 ed. of "From sea to sea." Only "Letters from Marque" was retained in the published version. The other parts were not published in book form until…