Laskin David
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the contentious birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of weather in the United States from the Anasazi Indians to modern weather forecasting technology and shows how weather has shaped the nation and how people have tried to cope with it over time.