The Children’s Blizzard left an indelible mark on the history of the American prairie and its effects lingered for many years after the last physical effects of the storm had long since passed. This storm, which the pioneers called "the school children's blizzard," is the subject of David Laskin's non-fiction book. Some of the narrative gets lost in the details, but, then, this must have been a very hard tale too tell. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Reading this book was like being there. David Laskin has researched the subject of the blizzard of 1888 in meticulous fashion and we can't help but be impressed with his scholarship.

The Children's Blizzard is another one of my favorite non-fiction books. THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD David Laskin, Author. It can perhaps be best summed up by the words of Sadie Shaw in a letter to her relatives back east. Mary farmers ventured out to work on projects away from the farms. Some of the narrative gets lost in the details, but, then, this must have been a very hard tale too tell. Like Isaac's Storm, it's also another book for weather geeks.This time the weather disaster is the January 12, 1888 blizzard that hit the Great Plains. The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin (2004) is a riveting work of nonfiction detailing the events of the infamous blizzard of 1888 that blighted the Great Plains region of the United States. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. In the early afternoon, the weather made a dramatic change, from warm and sunny to a blizzard. Amazing The Children's Blizzard is a great read. Book Summary. 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.

Exhaustively researched, extensively detailed, yet eminently readable; The Children’s Blizzard, by David Laskin relates the heartrending, frightening, story of the vicious blizzard of January 12, 1888 across America’s midwestern prairie. The Children's Blizzard (Book) : Laskin, David, 1953- : 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. Praise from Erik Larson and Ivan Doig, a nod from the B&N Discover program, and book … His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Smithsonian magazine.

The children's blizard of 1888 is a well researched and well written book. It can perhaps be best summed up by the words of Sadie Shaw in a letter to her relatives back east.

He lives in Seattle, Washington.

A masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland - the 'Children's Blizzard' of 1888. The Children's Blizzard unfolds this terrible event by tracing its impact on six pioneer families and their children. David Laskin is the author of The Children's Blizzard, winner of the Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for nonfiction and the Washington State Book Award.

Like Isaac's Storm (Erik Larson) before it, The Children's Blizzard takes us into a nearly forgotton place in American history and slaps us with the almost casual brutality of life before modern meteorology.

The settlers of the prairie, many of them recent immigrants from Scandinavia, Germany and Russian, had come to Nebraska, Iowa and Dakota … The Children’s Blizzard left an indelible mark on the history of the American prairie and its effects lingered for many years after the last physical effects of the storm had long since passed. What makes The Children’s Blizzard amazing are the survival stories from people stranded in the sub-zero whiteout. Overwhelmingly sad, but full of courage and strength. Manchester Union Leader. 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. Many children were either trapped at school or caught in the blizzard as.