Blizzard! : The Storm That Changed America
by Murphy, Jim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface wear.
- ISBN 10
- 0590673092
- ISBN 13
- 9780590673099
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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Synopsis
In March of 1888, two massive weather systems converged on the northeastern United States, bringing gale-force winds, heavy snows, and subzero weather, and catching a nation unaware. The ensuing blizzard killed hundreds of people. Drawing on extensive newspaper articles, histories of the period, and archived letters and journals, Murphy writes of the storm through the experiences of a number of individuals, personalizing the account with their triumphs and tragedies, as well as providing background covering the political and social conditions of the time. Archival photographs and original art from the period reinforce the historical setting. An explanatory chapter on sources and an index close the book. - Publisher.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.YNF0090009423
- Title
- Blizzard! : The Storm That Changed America
- Author
- Murphy, Jim
- Illustrator
- Gore, Leonid (Jacket art by).
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0590673092
- ISBN 13
- 9780590673099
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Virginia to Maine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Youth Non-Fiction & Scouting;
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