Smallpox: The 1876 New Iceland Outbreak on Lake Winnipeg - Paperback
Smallpox: The 1876 New Iceland Outbreak on Lake Winnipeg - Paperback
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by Bonny Specker (Author)
1875. Economic hardship and volcanic eruptions in Iceland send Krist? Gunnarsdott? and her family on a journey to New Iceland, a colony established by the Canadian government to entice Icelanders to the Northwest Territory. There she meets Noodin, a young Saulteaux man, who helps the Icelanders survive the unforgiving climate. In 1876, a second group of Icelanders arrives at Lake Winnipeg and brings smallpox with them. Can Krist? and these families survive the outbreak? How can they make a home in a place already inhabited by the Saulteaux? This well-researched account of a terrifying epidemic is brought alive by fictional characters set within a story grounded in fact.
