What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888? by Steve Korte -- 112 pages
I've always wanted to know more about this catastrophe so decided to listen to the book on Spotify. I don't think this was the strongest book in the series. The first half of the book shared information about the time period, the Midwest, and westward expansion. It was a very surface level treatment of the issues -- especially the Native American relocation. Most of the information about the blizzard was actually stories of heroic teachers that helped save the lives of their students. The stories actually became a little repetitive as there were 2-3 chapters of them. While it was interesting I would definitely prefer to read something with a little more substance.
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