The Children’s Blizzard (David Laskin)

History isn’t made only by politicians and generals. Often it’s a story of common people living through extraordinary situations and unlikely heroes suffering unexpected hardships. One such page in America’s history was retold in David Laskin’s book The Children’s Blizzard [LibraryThing / WorldCat]. One unseasonably warm January morning in 1888, children across the upper Midwest [...]

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