Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland (1802–1899).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains" by Catharine Parr Traill is a novel published in 1852, considered the first Canadian novel for children. Three children—two English Canadian and one French Canadian—become lost in the wilderness near Rice Lake in southern Ontario and must survive together. When they meet a Mohawk girl who joins their group, the children combine their different skills and knowledge to endure the harsh Canadian landscape, ultimately suggesting themes of cooperation and nation-building in the new world.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains
- Author credits: Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland (1802–1899)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Ontario -- Fiction
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- Category: Adventure
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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