The book "Behind Canada: Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer Illustrating Life in British America" by Catherine Parr Strickland offers the reader a unique opportunity to immerse himself in the life of the early colonists of Canada. In the form of letters to relatives and friends, the author conveys lively and detailed observations about life, economy, nature and society in Canada in the first half of the 19th century. Depicting the lives of emigrants and their journeys, Traill helps the reader feel the atmosphere of the remote areas of the New World and understand the complex challenges facing the new settlers. The work reveals before us a picture of life and social relations in colonial Canada, and also gives an opportunity to look at the history of this country through the eyes of a person who lived and fought for his well-being in that generation.