David Laskin - The Children's Blizzard

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by trailhound in Books

More than an old-fashioned snowstorm: The Children�s Blizzard

Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 2, 2011
Pros: Well researched. Interesting historical/weather event.
Cons: Some minor issues.

Summary: January 12, 1888: The day dawned milder than usual on the Great Plains. Sunshine and a warm southern breeze was a nice treat for the winter-weary residents. Children went off to school without their heavy coats, and many farmers thought a mid-winter thaw ... read more
by befus in Books

The Children's Blizzard: No One Who Lived Through It Ever Forgot It

Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 3, 2007
Pros: Very detailed, painstakingly researched, beautifully written.
Cons: Some of the stories are so heart-rending, they were difficult to read.

Summary: I'll never complain about snow again. Okay, that's probably not true. As a transplanted southerner who has shivered through ten Pittsburgh winters, complaining about winter (especially long about February) has probably become something of an engrained ... read more
by blackelve

The Children's Blizzard

Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 2006
Pros: wonderful detailing.
Cons: none

Summary: The Children's Blizzard Author: David Laskin ISBN: 0-06-052076-0 Cost: 13.95 Pages: 295 Genre: Non-fiction This was a hard book to put down the moment you start to read it. The author uses true events from the year 1888 with a scatter of ... read more
by telynor in Books

Revisiting the myth of the American West in The Children's Blizzard

Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 18, 2005
Pros: Narrative that blends history, fact, statistics and human emotion.
Cons: Some of the technical data gets rather stilted and dry.

Summary: When I was a preteen, one of the favorite book series for me to read was Laura Ingalls Wilders' autobiographical stories that became the Little House Books. Drawn from her own childhood and adolesence growing up in the Dakotas, one of the novels ... read more

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