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Book Review of The Children's Blizzard

The Children's Blizzard
The Children's Blizzard
Author: David Laskin
Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
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Mostly painfully heartbreaking, sometimes painfully boring, this is nonetheless a story of what I think is a little known tragedy. Occurring in the late 1800's, in a part of our nation that was still be settled, Nebraska/Wisconsin/Dakotas, we find how harsh and unforgiving the weather was, and still is. Stories with dead children are never pleasant at all to hear or read, and this one is particularly heart-wrenching. There is little too much technical explanation, but all in all a poignant and haunting tale.