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Mary Agnes FitzGibbon
1851–1915
A Canadian writer with strong family ties to literary and historical life, she wrote travel sketches, children's stories, and a well-known biography of her grandfather, James FitzGibbon. Her books offer a vivid glimpse of 19th-century Canada, from Manitoba journeys to stories for young readers.
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A Trip to Manitoba
by Mary Agnes FitzGibbon
About the author
Born in 1851, Mary Agnes FitzGibbon was a Canadian author and the granddaughter of writer Susanna Moodie. She came from a family deeply connected to Canadian cultural life, and that background shows in the subjects she chose to write about.
Her work ranged across travel writing, history, and children's literature. Among her best-known books are A Trip to Manitoba; or, Roughing It on the Line, A Veteran of 1812: The Life of James FitzGibbon, and Cot and Cradle Stories. Through these works, she helped preserve family and national history while also writing in a lively, accessible way for general readers.
FitzGibbon died in 1915. Though she is not as widely known today as some of her relatives, her writing remains a valuable record of Canadian places, people, and memory in the late 19th century.