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The Children's Blizzard
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling 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 16 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?
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“In this atmospheric novel, as relentlessly paced as a thriller, you experience the encroaching storm from many perspectives and, in the process, understand something important about the tenacity of the human spirit.” (Christina Baker Kline, author of The Exiles)
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- Pia Horan-Gross
- 04-05-2021
Outstanding in every way!
First class novel, on many levels! Valuable, from a historical point of view, great creation of plot and characters. Masterful description of Nebraskan prairie, its inhabitants; mostly Immigrants who had been lured from all corners of disillusioned Europe by fairytale descriptions of Nebraskan prairie lands, for sale.
Beautifully recounted by a true professional!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-2023
Love it!
An engaging story of a moment in history that acknowledges the wrong-doings to indigenous peoples in the name of ‘progress’. Told through the eyes of child female protagonists who were forced to behave as the then society dictated. Well performed and well written. Worth the read!!
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