Backwoods of Canada vs The Hudson Bay Company: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Canada, Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Backwoods of Canada
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…
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The Hudson Bay Company
“Reader, -I take for granted that you are tolerably well acquainted with the different modes of life and travelling peculiar to European nations.”
The author's first-hand account of the first 3 or 4 years of his career with the Hudson's Bay Company during the early part of the 1800's. Includes personal narratives of his day-to-day adventures, duties to "the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Hudson Bay Company is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Backwoods of Canada.
- Backwoods of Canada has the widest readership — 343 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Backwoods of Canada | The Hudson Bay Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (343) | 3.9 (35) |
Reception
| Backwoods of Canada | The Hudson Bay Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 343 | 35 |
| Editions | 108 | 161 |
| Want to read | 424 | 67 |
| Reading it now | 38 | 17 |
| Written reviews | 35 | 5 |
| Pages | 351 | 189 |