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The Children's Blizzard

Publisher : Zondervan
Release Date : 2009-10-13
ISBN 13 : 0061866520
Total Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (186 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Children's Blizzard written by David Laskin and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. . . . This is a book best read with a fire roaring in the hearth and a blanket and box of tissues near at hand.” — Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City “Heartbreaking. . . . This account of the 1888 blizzard reads like a thriller.” — Entertainment Weekly The gripping true story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged as an unprecedented cold front ripped through the center of the continent. By the next morning, some five hundred people lay dead on the drifted prairie, many of them children who had perished on their way home from country schools. In a few terrifying hours, the hopes of the pioneers had been blasted by the bitter realities of their harsh environment. Recent immigrants from Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the Ukraine learned that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled. With the storm as its dramatic, heartbreaking focal point, The Children's Blizzard captures this pivotal moment in American history by tracing the stories of five families who were forever changed that day. David Laskin has produced a masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland. The P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

The Children's Blizzard

by Melanie Benjamin

Publisher : Dell
Release Date : 2021-01-12
ISBN 13 : 0399182292
Total Pages : 385 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (918 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Children's Blizzard written by Melanie Benjamin and published by Dell. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife comes a story of courage on the prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888, threatening the lives of hundreds of immigrant homesteaders, especially schoolchildren. “A nail-biter . . . poignant, powerful, perfect.” —Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats—leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were suddenly faced with life and death decisions: Keep the children inside, to risk freezing to death when fuel ran out, or send them home, praying they wouldn’t get lost in the storm? Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers—one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath. It’s also the story of Anette Pedersen, a servant girl whose miraculous survival serves as a turning point in her life and touches the heart of Gavin Woodson, a newspaperman seeking redemption. It was Woodson and others like him who wrote the embellished news stories that lured northern European immigrants across the sea to settle a pitiless land. Boosters needed them to settle territories into states, and they didn’t care what lies they told these families to get them there—or whose land it originally was. At its heart, this is a story of courage, of children forced to grow up too soon, tied to the land because of their parents’ choices. It is a story of love taking root in the hard prairie ground, and of families being torn asunder by a ferocious storm that is little remembered today—because so many of its victims were immigrants to this country.

The Children's Blizzard of 1888

by Nel Yomtov

Publisher : Lerner Publications
Release Date : 2016-11-01
ISBN 13 : 1512411299
Total Pages : 44 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (241 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Children's Blizzard of 1888 written by Nel Yomtov and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory. Blinding snow and howling wind took rural towns by surprise. Many children were stranded in one-room schoolhouses. Far from their homes on the Midwestern prairie, would the people caught in the storm survive? To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did warm weather earlier in the day give people a false sense of safety? How did the lack of an accurate forecast contribute to the severity of the disaster? Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out!

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16)

by Lauren Tarshis

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2018-02-27
ISBN 13 : 0545919797
Total Pages : 109 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (591 users downloads)

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Download or read book I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16) written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the Children's Blizzard of 1888 in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series. Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie. He's a city kid, not a tough pioneer! But his inner strength is seriously tested when he finds himself trapped in the blinding snow, the wind like a giant crushing hammer, pounding him over and over again. Will John ever find his way home?

The Children's Blizzard

by David Laskin

Publisher : Harper Perennial
Release Date : 2005-10-11
ISBN 13 : 9780060520762
Total Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (76 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Children's Blizzard written by David Laskin and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of impoverished Northern European immigrants were promised that the prairie offered "land, freedom, and hope." The disastrous blizzard of 1888 revealed that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled, and America’s heartland would never be the same. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Can You Survive the Schoolchildren's Blizzard?

by Ailynn Collins

Publisher : Capstone
Release Date : 2022
ISBN 13 : 166632373X
Total Pages : 113 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (632 users downloads)

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Download or read book Can You Survive the Schoolchildren's Blizzard? written by Ailynn Collins and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2022 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Schoolchildren's Blizzard

by Marty Rhodes Figley

Publisher : Millbrook Press
Release Date : 2004-08-01
ISBN 13 : 1575057743
Total Pages : 48 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (55 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Schoolchildren's Blizzard written by Marty Rhodes Figley and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nine-year-old Sarah and her little sister, Annie, set out on their way to school on January 12, 1888, they have no idea what their day will hold. The weather s so warm they go outside to play. Suddenly, the wind turns cold and begins to roar it s a blizzard! The wind is so strong it rips the school s roof off. What will they do? The freezing snow is already up to their knees and without a roof they ll freeze. Their teacher, Miss Freeman, ties them all together with a long rope and they head out into the blinding storm. Will they make it to safety in time?

I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888

by Lauren Tarshis

Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Release Date : 2018
ISBN 13 : 9780545919777
Total Pages : 112 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (977 users downloads)

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Download or read book I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Children's Blizzard or the Great Blizzard of 1888, caught people completely by surprise and resulted in 235 fatalities, including several children in one-room schoolhouses. Tarshis places a resilient 11-year-old character in the midst of this deadly blizzard, fighting their way out.

Disasters and Tragic Events: An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History [2 volumes]

by Mitchell Newton-Matza

Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2014-03-26
ISBN 13 : 1610691660
Total Pages : 789 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (69 users downloads)

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Download or read book Disasters and Tragic Events: An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History [2 volumes] written by Mitchell Newton-Matza and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events—natural and man-made, famous and forgotten—that helped shape American history. • Covers a wide range of topics, from the infamous to the obscure • Places each event in context, giving it deeper meaning and showing its impact • Includes primary source material from U.S. Supreme Court cases, presidential speeches, eyewitness accounts, state and federal legislation, and federal government investigations • Brings the events it covers to life through photos and illustrations

What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?

by Steve Korte

Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2023-11-07
ISBN 13 : 0593520726
Total Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (352 users downloads)

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Download or read book What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888? written by Steve Korte and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the deadly and unexpected blizzard that slammed the Midwestern United States in 1888 and doomed many young lives in this addition to the New York Times Bestselling What Was? series. On January 12, 1888, a surprise blizzard broke out in the middle of the day across the Midwest. In its path, hundreds of children and teachers found themselves stranded inside schoolhouses with no food, no heat, and very few options. Days passed, and over 235 people died as result of the harsh snow of the Schoolhouse Blizzard, but many were able to survive thanks to the bravery of others in their communities. Learn all about the disastrous weather conditions and the people who were affected by it in this book for young readers.

Bad Men and Bad Towns

by Wayne C. Lee

Publisher : Caxton Press
Release Date : 1993
ISBN 13 : 9780870043499
Total Pages : 204 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (349 users downloads)

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Download or read book Bad Men and Bad Towns written by Wayne C. Lee and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Wayne C. Lee chronicles the violent history of the Nebraska Territory. The state's history is full of stories about violent feuds between settlers and landowners, native peoples and soldiers, con-artists and bandits. Many of these stories end abruptly at the end of a vigilante rope.

Disaster Nostalgia

by Heather E. Stauffer

Publisher :
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (335 users downloads)

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Download or read book Disaster Nostalgia written by Heather E. Stauffer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

White Snow Black Lace

by Constance Mahood

Publisher : iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-10
ISBN 13 : 0595284612
Total Pages : 110 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (528 users downloads)

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Download or read book White Snow Black Lace written by Constance Mahood and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Snow, Black Lace is a story based on the historical events of the 1888 blizzard that went down in history as the "School Children's Blizzard of 1888." All blizzards for the next hundred years would be compared to that blizzard for intensity and loss of life. When the blizzard arrived it caught many children homeward bound, out of school. The sun had been shining and the weather warm and lovely. Many teachers allowed the children to leave a bit earlier. The intensity of the storm was devastating and the full force of the storm would not be known until after the spring thaw. Our homes, clothing, transportation, and communications now are so much better, but back 100 years ago, it was a different world. We enter that world in White Snow, Black Lace.

100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Children's Blizzard

by Jonathan Garling

Publisher : Lennex
Release Date : 2013-04
ISBN 13 : 9785458793773
Total Pages : 44 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (377 users downloads)

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Download or read book 100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Children's Blizzard written by Jonathan Garling and published by Lennex. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "The Children's Blizzard." Don't say we didn't warn you: these reviews are known to shock with their unconventionality or intimacy. Some may be startled by their biting sincerity; others may be spellbound by their unbridled flights of fantasy. Don't buy this book if: 1. You don't have nerves of steel. 2. You expect to get pregnant in the next five minutes. 3. You've heard it all.

The Long Way Home

by David Laskin

Publisher : Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-03-16
ISBN 13 : 0061985341
Total Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (198 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Long Way Home written by David Laskin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Long Way Home is a riveting remembrance of the Great War by a master writer…. Deeply compelling.” — Douglas Brinkley “Moving, revealing, and lovingly researched, this book is a must read, and a great read, for any of us whose forebears came from overseas-meaning just about all of us.” — Erik Larson The author of the award-winning The Children’s Blizzard, David Laskin, returns with a remarkable true story of the immigrants who risked their lives fighting for America during the Great War.

The Schoolchildren's Blizzard

by Donald B. Lemke

Publisher : Capstone
Release Date : 2007-09
ISBN 13 : 9781429601573
Total Pages : 36 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (157 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Schoolchildren's Blizzard written by Donald B. Lemke and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic novel format paired with gripping stories of historys most compelling disasters make these books true page-turners. Dramatic illustrations and fast-paced text provide a you-are-there experience. An additional information section provides key facts and further understanding.

Anna's Blizzard

by Alison Hart

Publisher : Holiday House
Release Date : 2015-12-08
ISBN 13 : 1561459275
Total Pages : 176 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (145 users downloads)

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Download or read book Anna's Blizzard written by Alison Hart and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety in this novel inspired by the true story of the 1888 School Children's Blizzard. Twelve-year-old Anna loves life on the Nebraska prairie where she lives with her parents and four-year-old brother in a simple sod house. She doesn't mind helping out with chores, especially when she is herding sheep with her beloved pony, Top Hat. On the open prairie, Anna feels at home. But at school she feels hopelessly out of place. Arithmetic is too hard, her penmanship is abysmal, and stuck-up Eloise Baxter always laughs at her mistakes. When a unexpected blizzard traps Anna, her schoolmates, and their young teacher in the one-room schoolhouse, Anna knows they must escape before it is too late. Does she have the courage and strength to lead her class through the whiteout to safety? Alison Hart offers young readers a dramatic story of rescue and survival featuring a plucky, determined protagonist. An author's note provides more information about prairie life in the late nineteenth century and about the School Children's Blizzard.