backwoodsman

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Dr. Dunlop, it is true, has published a witty and spirited pamphlet, "The Backwoodsman," but it does not enter into the routine of feminine duties and employment, in a state of emigration.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

Backwoodsman as he was, Joe Lorey knew that perfectly.

From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward

Mary Ann, Red, bred and owned by Newton Carter, Hartford, Conn.: calved May 3d, 1862; got by Duc D'Argentine, *20, Dam Miranda, by Backwoodsman, 226, &c., as in Miranda.

From Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock Short Horns, Ayrshires and Devons by Various

During those eight years he wrote The Backwoodsman his longest poem and the one which he liked best of all, a liking not generally shared by his readers; the second series of Salmagundi; and Koningsmarke.

From Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations by Hemstreet, Charles

He was at one time editor of the "Backwoodsman," published at Grafton, Ill., and later of the "Louisville Advocate."

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes