Author

Publication

2005 - HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100060520752
  • ISBN-139780060520755
  • LibraryThing20123
  • Open LibraryOL22614781M

Classifications

  • LCCF5000

Description

Prior to the establishment of the National Weather Service, the U.S. Government lured homesteaders out to the Dakotas, Wyoming and other untested regions of the developing nation, partly by obscuring the harsh realties of the mercurial and deadly weather conditions in those areas. This non-fiction book details the tragic consequences--primarily to very young victims--of the "perfect storm" of 1888.

Subjects

Topics

non-fictionExtreme weathernatural disasters

Places

WyomingThe DakotasAmerican plains

Times

Spring 1888

Other Editions

  • The children's blizzardHarperCollins Publishers2005

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