Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada, credited to Walter Stevens Herrington, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada by Walter Stevens Herrington. Read in English by David Wales What became of the citizens who remained loyal to the Crown when the thirteen British colonies rebelled against England – and won! These Loyalists suffered discrimination and persecution in the nation aborning. Thousands of them left their homes for England; other thousands left for Canada and other British colonies. This book is about the Loyalists who settled in Upper Canada. “To present a picture of the early settlements of Ontario and enter into the daily life of the pioneers is a most fascinating task…. in our search for information concerning the evolution of the homestead, and the customs and peculiarities of the common folk of long ago.“ - Summary by Book preface and david wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada
• Author credits: Walter Stevens Herrington
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 1:48:46

Catalogue topics

• United States
• Canada
• Ontario
• wilderness
• revolutionary war
• upper canada
• american revolutionary war
• loyalists

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:53
2. 01 - The First Settlers Of Upper Canada — 10:52
3. 02 - Building And Furnishing The Log Cabin — 16:45
4. 03 - The Struggle With The Forest — 20:30
5. 04 - Early Courts And Elections — 17:03
6. 05 - School Teachers And Preachers — 18:30
7. 06 - Provisions And Public Highways — 7:25
8. 07 - Doctors, Domestic Remedies, And Funerals — 14:48

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