| Description |
446 pages (large print) : illustration, maps ; 22 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
| Contents |
Book one: A disturbance in the west -- Book two: The maiden of the prairie |
| Summary |
The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a long cold spell, warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard struck without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were suddenly faced with life and death decisions: keep the children inside, to risk freezing to death when fuel ran out, or send them home, praying they wouldn't get lost in the storm. Based on actual oral histories of survivors, the novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers-- one who becomes a hero of the storm, and one who finds herself ostracized in the aftermath. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Blizzards -- Dakota Territory -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Pioneers -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
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Immigrants -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Dakota Territory -- History -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9781643589930 |
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1643589938 |
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