Along a River: The First French-Canadian Women

by Jan Noel

Book Overview

French-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In Along a River, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women -- immigrant brides, nuns, tradeswomen, farmers, governors' wives, and even smugglers -- during the period between the settlement of the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Victorian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144261238X
• ISBN13: 9781442612389
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"