Title |
The children's blizzard
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Names |
Laskin, David.
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Book Number |
DB060440
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
The author of Braving the Elements (RC 45451) chronicles an unexpected 1888 blizzard that engulfed the upper Great Plains and killed hundreds, mostly youngsters on the way home from school. Using archives and memoirs, Laskin portrays the immigrant European homesteaders and the storm's emotional devastation. 2004.
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Narrator |
Friedlander, Mitzi.
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Local Subject |
Sciences - SCI
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - U.S., frontier history - HUSF
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Disaster - DSR
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Adventure Non-Fiction - ADVNF
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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LC Subject |
Blizzards - Middle West - History - 19th century
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Children - Middle West - Death - History - 19th century
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Frontier and pioneer life - Middle West
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Hypothermia - Middle West - History - 19th century
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Immigrants - Middle West - Biography
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Immigrants - Middle West - History - 19th century
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Pioneers - Middle West - Biography
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Pioneers - Middle West - History - 19th century
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Prairies - Middle West - History - 19th century
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Middle West - History - 19th century
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Call Number |
977.031 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2004
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2004 (APH, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2004. 0060520752
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