{"product_id":"i-bless-you-in-my-carl-ballstadt-9781442651616","title":"I Bless You in My Heart: Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill's interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various. Her contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Canadian life, from a literary, historical, and scientific perspective, was significant. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChosen from her nearly 500 extant letters, the 136 presented here vividly reflect typical aspects of social and family life, attachments to the Old World, health and medical conditions, travel, religious faith and practice, the stresses of settlement in Upper Canada in the 1830s, and the dispersal of families with the opening up of the Canadian and American West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning seventy years, the letters are presented in three sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay. The first, '1830-1859: \"The changes and chances of a settler's life,\"' traces Traill's story from her emergence as one of the literary Strickland sisters in England, through the difficult, poverty-stricken years of settlement and family raising in Canada, to her husband's death. The second, '1860-1884: \"The poor country mouse,\"' reveals her quiet life at Westove (her cottage at Lakefield), her devotion to family and friends, and the time she spent writing botanical essays and seeking a publisher for them. A trip to Ottawa in 1884 awakened her to a recognition of the literary stature she had earned. The third section, '1885-1899: \"The sight of green things is life to me,\"' begins with the publication of her \u003cem\u003eStudies of Plant Life in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e and sheds light on the public recognition she received, her continuing literary productivity, and the strengthening of her role as matriarch of the Strickland family in Canada. It closes with her death on 29 August 1899.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with the introductory essays, Traill's correspondence offers an intimate and revealing portrait of a courageous, caring, and remarkable woman--mother, pioneer, writer, and botanist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Ballstadt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144265161X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442651616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.93d","brand":"Carl Ballstadt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522720755967,"sku":"9781442651616","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61e32a42-1005-472c-bf27-ebe744fe88bd.jpg?v=1700158662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-bless-you-in-my-carl-ballstadt-9781442651616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}