TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE 4 Chapter 2 THE FRIGID WARNING 12 Chapter 3 FROZEN NIGHTMARE 18 Chapter 4 AFTERMATH 28 GLOSSARY 38 SOURCE NOTES 38 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 39 FURTHER INFORMATION 39 INDEX 40
THE PRAIRIE 1 LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE In the 1860s life on the US prairie was a new adventure for waves of settlers They came to live and farm in this midwestern region of the United States They came from all over the world but especially Europe Immigrants by the tens of thousands arrived from places such as Norway Sweden Germany and Russia They left behind their homes A family in Loup Valley Nebraska journeys to their homestead 4
The Children's Blizzard of 1888
In January 1888, a blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory. Would people caught in the storm survive?
About This Book
By: Nel Yomtov
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Published by: Lerner Publications an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
