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lazy_raven's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting read about natural disaster during the 1800's on the prairie. How several survived and how many likely died.
book_concierge's review
4.0
Audiobook read by Paul Woodson
On January 12, 1888 a massive cold front brought plummeting temperatures, gale-force winds, and blinding snow to the northern plains. The day had started out unseasonably mild, and children walked to school without their usual heavy coats, gloves and hats. Caught completely unawares and unprepared many of them died in the blizzard that is still talked about in the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Laskin has pieced together the stories of several immigrant families and what happened to them during the two days of the storm. There are stories of heroism and determination. Children who kept their heads and found shelter. Teachers who shepherded their classes to safety. Men and women who died searching for their livestock. Many who survived the initial storm and exposure, later died of complications – gangrene that resulted from severe frostbite, or heart arrhythmias that caught them unawares.
It’s a gripping tale, told masterfully.
Paul Woodson does a fine job reading the audiobook. He sets a good pace and his narration held my attention throughout.
On January 12, 1888 a massive cold front brought plummeting temperatures, gale-force winds, and blinding snow to the northern plains. The day had started out unseasonably mild, and children walked to school without their usual heavy coats, gloves and hats. Caught completely unawares and unprepared many of them died in the blizzard that is still talked about in the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Laskin has pieced together the stories of several immigrant families and what happened to them during the two days of the storm. There are stories of heroism and determination. Children who kept their heads and found shelter. Teachers who shepherded their classes to safety. Men and women who died searching for their livestock. Many who survived the initial storm and exposure, later died of complications – gangrene that resulted from severe frostbite, or heart arrhythmias that caught them unawares.
It’s a gripping tale, told masterfully.
Paul Woodson does a fine job reading the audiobook. He sets a good pace and his narration held my attention throughout.
adelinemrt's review
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
the weather parts were boring but everything else was great
mondovertigo's review
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Animal death
Minor: Pregnancy