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Date Posted: 11:16:57 06/08/05 Wed
Author: Ann
Subject: Re: Sounds good.
In reply to: delilah 's message, "Sounds good." on 06:58:35 06/08/05 Wed

It's non-fiction, though the author does provide some dialogue that he had to create, and description of what happened in some scenes where the only people who would have known *exactly* what happened didn't survive to tell the details.
All the chapters about the homesteaders and the blizzard and what happened to the settlers and children is *very* interesting.
There are a couple chapters about weatherforcasting and the forecasters that were not so interesting to me, so I just skimmed through those, and one chapter on how a person freezes to death that I couldn't read all the way through to the end because it was so sad and unpleasant, but I read enough to be informed.

What happened to some who initially survived was very interesting, and how things might have been different for some if modern medicine and modern medical knowledge had been around.

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[> [> [> Re: Sounds good. -- LisaE, 20:01:04 07/01/05 Fri

I have read quick reviews etc. on this book, and it does look very interesting. I plan to get a hold of it sometime soon. My local library doesn't carry it (of course).

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