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The Children's Blizzard
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Overview
The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin is an account of a devastating natural disaster that took place in 1888. Affecting multiple Midwestern states, the blizzard claimed the lives of many people, including children. The loss of lives to the blizzard laid bare the vulnerabilities of isolated immigrant communities in the Great Plains and marked a watershed moment in American history regarding disaster prediction and mitigation. The author, David Laskin, is a well-known historian who has written other books on both weather disasters and American history. Published in 2004 by Harper Collins, The Children’s Blizzard was praised for its tracing of five different historical accounts of the blizzard to create a vivid, engrossing portrait of an American tragedy.
This guide refers to the paperback edition released by Harper Perennial, a subsidiary of Harper Collins, published in 2005.
Content Warning: This book includes descriptions of natural disaster, specifically a snowstorm. It also describes deaths of adults and children by exposure.
Summary
The Children’s Blizzard begins with an overview of the different factors that coincided to exacerbate the blizzard to tragic proportions. The extremes of weather in the Great Plains region, the unpreparedness of immigrants moving to America to Unlock all 54 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
