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David Laskin - The Children's BlizzardIllustrates the deadly late-nineteenth-century snowstorm in the Great Plains that killed more than five hundred people, including numerous schoolchildren, describing how the unexpected blizzard devastated generations of immigrant families and dramatically affected pioneer advancement.
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| Authors | David Laskin |
| Nonfiction Category | Biography & Autobiography • History • Medical • Nature • Science • Social Science |
| Nonfiction Subcategory | Death & Dying • Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology • Emigration & Immigration • General • Immigrants - History • Pioneers - History • Plants • United States / General • Weather • United States / State & Local / Midwest (Ia, Il, In, Ks, Mi, Mn, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi) |
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| Professional Reviews | Atlantic Monthly: "Laskin skillfully weaves together a clear report and explanation of the meteorological event...with harrowing accounts of slow death, loss, and survival...." |
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