Bibliograph

The land of Os, John Ramsay, Issue 6

Type

Label

The land of Os, John Ramsay, Issue 6

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated E

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The land of Os

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

John Ramsay

Summary

When Richard's class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an ederly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar community on Lake Winnipeg. Ramsay's land was taken by the government and given to the new settlers from Iceland who arrived there in 1875. Yet many owed their survial to Ramsay, who helped them through freezing winters, hunger, and a devastating smallpox epidemic

Target audience

juvenile

Classification