The Book Report, March 1st, 2001
Murphy, Jim Blizzard! 2000. 156pp. $18.95 hc. Scholastic. 0-590-67309-2. Grades 5-10
The long weekend of March 10-14, 1888 began as a beautiful Saturday and ended as a blizzard that no one predicted and no one can forget. Weaving the dramatic experiences of 10 of the more than 15 million people living in the northeastern United States at that time, Murphy examines this weather phenomenon from every socioeconomic viewpoint. Focusing on New York City, much like the two converging storm systems did on those March days, the political and economic forces of the day are played out against the fur...
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