BOOK NUMBER FIVE
SUBJECT MATTER: Juvenile Literature-History-New York
TITLE: Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
AUTHOR: Jim Murphy
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press
COPYRIGHT: 2000, 136 pages
The author presents a thrilling and dramatic account of the 1888 blizzard that brought horrific, cold, snow, wind, and death, to the East Coast from Maine to Virginia. Included are many stories of individuals and families and how they fared during the storm. The book is also chock full of photographs from the era as well as numerous illustrations.
A few things that came out of this presentation of nature: wires put underground and underground trains,
This is and exciting and enjoyable read!
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