Project Gutenberg 2016-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 133 King, Charles Gerrard, Mrs. 1810 1885 King, Harriet Barbara Durnford, Harriet Barbara King, Mrs. Charles Gerrard 03019772 Letters from Muskoka Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Letters from Muskoka" by Mrs. Charles Gerrard King is a collection of personal letters written in the late 19th century. These letters recount the author's experiences as an emigrant and farmer in Muskoka, Ontario, after relocating from France due to the hardships posed by the Franco-German War. Through the narrative, readers are likely to find insight into the challenges of emigration, settling in a new land, and adapting to life in the Canadian wilderness. At the start of the book, the author introduces her family’s decision to emigrate, detailing their arduous journey across the Atlantic and their arrival in Canada. The letters vividly describe the emotional turmoil of leaving behind friends and familiar comforts in France, as well as the various trials faced upon their arrival, including navigating the rough landscape, enduring difficult weather, and establishing their new life amidst uncertainty. The opening strongly sets the stage for a heartfelt and authentic exploration of pioneering life, interspersed with humor and resilience as the family copes with the realities of settler existence in the Canadian Bush. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pioneers -- Ontario -- Biography Frontier and pioneer life -- Canada Muskoka (Ont. : District) F1001 Text Canada Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 296668 296541 2024-09-22T05:43:46.643106 2023-09-23T04:22:23.324393 text/html text/html 298440 2016-09-03T04:24:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 716442 2016-09-03T04:24:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 804547 2024-09-22T05:43:51.482108 application/epub+zip 806537 2024-09-22T05:43:47.508120 application/epub+zip 161339 2024-09-22T05:43:47.059110 application/epub+zip 888992 2024-09-22T05:43:54.583112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809084 2024-09-22T05:43:51.015119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213233 2022-09-24T04:10:51.213337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259923 259732 2024-09-22T05:43:46.072138 2023-09-23T04:22:22.431383 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 260098 2016-09-03T04:23:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 100142 2016-09-03T04:24:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19098 2024-09-22T05:43:54.712070 application/rdf+xml 9640 2024-09-22T05:43:47.142106 image/jpeg 1865 2024-09-22T05:43:47.099120 image/jpeg 727395 2024-09-22T05:43:46.736112 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog