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Informationen zum Autor Jenni Calder worked in Scotland with the National Museum of Scotland from 1978 to 2001 (including Head of Publications and script co-ordinator for the Museum of Scotland exhibitions), since when she has worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. She is a well-known author of many books on Scottish literature and history, including: Stevenson and Victorian Scotland (EUP 1980); The Robert Louis Stevenson Companion (Harris 1980); The Wealth of a Nation (NMS 1989); No Ordinary Journey: John Rae, Arctic Explorer (NMS 1993); Scots in the USA (Luath Press 2006). She has authored and edited many other collections on Scottish literature and history. Klappentext 'It's no small thing to tell as well as it's told here the story of Scotland's centuries-long involvement with the North American wilderness . . . A path-breaking account.'James Hunter, Emeritus Professor of History, UHIHow the American wilderness shaped Scottish experience, imagination and identityDrawing on journals, emigrant guides, memoirs, letters, poetry and fiction, Lost in the Backwoods examines patterns of survival, defeat, adaptation and response in North America's harshest environments.Most Scots who crossed the Atlantic in the 18th and 19th centuries encountered wilderness, through pioneering settlement, exploration, adventure and exploitation. Wilderness presented practical, moral and cultural challenges and its many tensions and contradictions imprinted on the Scottish diaspora and its cultural imaginationJenni Calder brings us stories of remarkable endurance and enterprise, but also of defeat and demoralisation. From pioneers in Canada's backwoods to Arctic explorers facing starvation, to John Muir battling to protect his beloved Sierra Nevada, it presents a fresh examination of the way Scots dealt with extreme conditions and highly challenging circumstances. In doing so they made a lasting impact on the developing nations of Canada and the United States, with reverberations in a rapidly changing Scotland.Jenni Calder was with the National Museum of Scotland for 23 years and has taught and lectured on literary and historical subjects in various capacities and countries. She has published widely in Scottish fiction, poetry and historical writing, including The Nine Lives of Naomi Mitchison (1997), RLS: A Life Study (1980) and Scots in Canada (2003).Cover image: A First Settlement, c. 1840, W. H. Bartlett. Reproduced with the kind permission of National Gallery of Canada.Cover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com Zusammenfassung Shows how Scottish imagination was shaped by its emigre experience with wilderness and the extreme. Drawing on journals! emigrant guides! memoirs! letters! poetry and fiction! this book examines patterns of survival! defeat! adaptation and response in North America's harshest landscapes. ...
