Oh! Can You Leave Your Native Land?

Oh! Can You Leave Your Native Land?

by Susanna Moodie

Oh! Can You Leave Your Native Land? is a collection of poems by Susanna Moodie, a Scottish immigrant who settled in Canada in the 1830s. The poems explore the themes of immigration, nostalgia, and the challenges of adapting to a new home. Moodie's writing is often raw and emotional, as she grapples with the loss of her homeland and the difficulties of adjusting to a new life in a foreign land.

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Susanna Moodie

Canada, England

Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Susanna Moodie was born in Bungay, on the River Wave...

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