Backwoods of Canada vs Station Life in New Zealand: 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…

Station Life in New Zealand Mary Anne Barker · 1870 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging

“Port Phillip Hotel, Melbourne. September 22d, 1865. .... Now I must give you an account of our voyage: it has been a very quick one for the immense distance traversed, sometimes under canvas, but generally steaming.”

A book which tells the story of the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies in the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer. It also shows the challenges of life.