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Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
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Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America Paperback - 2006

by Jim Murphy

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In March of 1888, two massive weather systems converged on the northeastern United States, bringing gale-force winds, heavy snows, and subzero weather, and catching a nation unaware. The ensuing blizzard killed hundreds of people. Drawing on extensive newspaper articles, histories of the period, and archived letters and journals, Murphy writes of the storm through the experiences of a number of individuals, personalizing the account with their triumphs and tragedies, as well as providing background covering the political and social conditions of the time. Archival photographs and original art from the period reinforce the historical setting. An explanatory chapter on sources and an index close the book. - Publisher.

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With his powerful and intriguing narrative style, Newbery Honor Book author Jim Murphy tells the harrowing story of the Blizzard of 1888. Available for the first time in paperback.

Snow began falling over New York City on March 12, 1888. All around town, people struggled along slippery streets and sidewalks -- some seeking the warmth of their homes, some to get to work or to care for the less fortunate, and some to experience what they assumed would be the last little snowfall of one of the warmest winters on record. What no one realized was that in a very few hours, the wind and snow would bury the city in nearly 21 inches of snow and bring it to a ferocious standstill.

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  • Title Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
  • Author Jim Murphy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 136
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks, NY
  • Publication date October 1, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780590673105 / 0590673106
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 8 x 0.4 in (25.40 x 20.32 x 1.02 cm)
  • Age range 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 1080
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.710

About the author

Jim Murphy is the celebrated author of more than thirty-five books for young readers, most notably TRUCE: THE DAY THE SOLDIERS STOPPED FIGHTING and THE GREAT FIRE, a Newbery Honor Winner. His carefully researched, engaging, and elegantly written nonfiction has garnered the most prestigious awards in the field. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife and their two sons.

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