The children's blizzard / David Laskin.

Author: Laskin, David, 1953-

Edition Statement:1st Harper Perennial ed.

Imprint:New York : Harper Perennial 2005, c2004.

Descriptionix, 307, 16 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Note:Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2004.

Note:Departures and arrivals -- Trials -- Disturbance -- Indications -- Cold front-- Explosion -- God's burning finger -- Exposure -- Prairie dawn -- Sunday -- Heroines -- Aftermath.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-289) and index.

Note:Describes the deadly 1888 snowstorm in the Great Plains that killed more than five hundred people including numerous schoolchildren, describing how the storm devastated immigrant families and dramatically affected pioneer advancement.

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