The children's blizzard
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New York : HarperCollins, ©2004.
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1st ed.
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, ©2004.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
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ix, 307 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
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9780060520755

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The gripping 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 Friday morning, January 13, 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Laskin, D. (2004). The children's blizzard . HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Laskin, David, 1953-. 2004. The Children's Blizzard. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Laskin, David, 1953-. The Children's Blizzard HarperCollins, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Laskin, David. The Children's Blizzard HarperCollins, 2004.

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