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Article: Susanna Moodie: Pioneer Author.(Mazo de la Roche: Rich and Famous Writer)(Book review)
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- Ontario History
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- September 22, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Ontario Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Susanna Moodie
Pioneer Author
By Anne Cimon. Montreal: XYZ Publishing, 2006. xi + 156 pp. $17.95 softcover. ISBN 1-894852-19-2.
Mazo de la Roche
Rich and Famous Writer
By Heather Kirk. Montreal: XYZ Publishing, 2006. xii + 196 pp. $17.95 softcover. ISBN 1-894852-20-6.
XYZ's 'Quest Library Series' publishes creative nonfiction biographies for young adult readers. In 2006, Ontario writers Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) and Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961) were the subjects of two of these biographies. Photographs of elaborate English country houses are featured in both texts: Reydon Hall in Suffolk, which Moodie left in order ...
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Article: Mazo de la Roche
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;
447 words
...Mazo de la Roche , 1885-1961, Canadian novelist, b. Toronto. Her popular novel ... Her dramatization of Whiteoaks was staged in London and New York. De la Roche also wrote plays, children's books, a history of Quebec, and an ...
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