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Margaret Isabel Ross, b. 1897, Scotland, d. ? Writing under the name, M I Ross, Ms. Ross wrote numerous books from a teenage point of view, often based on the real adventures of early explorers. Her writing is unusually detailed about the conditions, tools, and techniques of the time. The stories are dramatic and accessible. Her books often received glowing reviews, and were often purchased by libraries. They were published in various English speaking countries. It is thought that the author moved to Australia, and from there to the U.S. Her first publication was a journal of an Antarctic expediction, which she edited. Wikipedia has articles on various Antarctic explorers, including Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862), a British naval officer, and his uncle Sir John Ross, CB, (24 June, 1777 – 30 August, 1856) a Scottish rear admiral.

List of Works: 1931 [at age 34] SOUTH OF ZERO Antarctic Expedition, by M.I.Ross. Harper & Bros. Colour frontispiece and b&w illustrations from drawings by John D. Whiting. Republished 1932 in New York and London by Junior Literary Guild as SOUTH OF ZERO: THE JOURNAL OF JOHN HALE MEREDITH WHILE WITH THE CLARK-JAMISON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 191- TO 191- by John Hale", edited by M.I. Ross. Forword By J. S. O'Brien. 2 endpaper maps,            illustrations, and a bibliography.  A boys stows away on an Antarctic expedition bound for Ross Island. 1932    Back of Time,  by M.I. Ross.  Harper & Bros.   Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. 1934    Land of Williwaws,: A story of adventure in Patagonia and the Falkland islands, by M.I. Ross.  Houghton Mifflin.  Maps on endpapers.       Also published by Junior Literary Guild,  George M. Richards, Illustrator.       Also published as  Patagonian Holiday, by M.I. Ross.  UK Routledge. 1936    Kaga’s Brother: A story of the Chippewas, by M.I. Ross.  Harper & Brothers. 1937    Greentree Downs,  by M.I. Ross.  Houghton Mifflin. Illustrated by G.M. Richards. Story of a family of orphans who go to live in Australia.        Republished London : George Routledge & Sons, 1938  as part of the RNB Australian Fiction Series. Republished Harmondsworth, Middlesex by Penguin Books, 1945, as part of the Puffin Story Books series. Republished London : Longmans, 1959 as part of the Heritage of Literature series. White wind : an account of the Oates Land Party of the Biggers' Antarctic Expedition of 193- to 193-, by M. I. Ross. Harper & Bros. 1939 The Dawn Hill brand,: A story of Australia, by M.I. Ross. Houghton, Mifflin. B&W illustrations by Forrest Orr. 1940   Morgan's Fourth Son, by M. I. Ross. Harper & Brothers. 1941   A gift for Ibn Diab, by M. I. Ross. Harper & Brothers. 1943   A Farm in the Family, by M.I. Ross. Harper & Brothers. Edward Shenton, Illustrator. 1948   Green Treasure, by M.I. Ross. Harper & Brothers. Illustrations by Anne Merriman Peck. Travel to Ceylon and through the Dutch East Indies. 1952 [at age 55] Wilderness River: Adventure in the fur trapping country, by M I Ross. Harper & Brothers. Story of fur trading in Canada.