Kelly M. (boxerx2) reviewed on + 62 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 17
I have family that live in South Dakota in the area that hit hard by this blizzard. He mentions Spirit Lake and these boys watching the storm roll over it before it hit them. That is the area where my family homesteaded and still live today, about 12 miles from DeSmet and Laura Ingles.
Even though I grew up 100 yrs after that storm, I knew about it.
I don't think you can find a cemetery in that area of South Dakota that does not have at least one marker that reads Jan 12 1888.
My Mother refused to read this book as felt it would be to painful to hear the stories over again. As she grew up there and knows how hard a Dakota winter can be.
Laskin did a wonderful job of taking a horrable chapter in our history, and telling it with senitivity. He did not go into gory detail about the death of so many and did put in the good side of the story too.
Even though I grew up 100 yrs after that storm, I knew about it.
I don't think you can find a cemetery in that area of South Dakota that does not have at least one marker that reads Jan 12 1888.
My Mother refused to read this book as felt it would be to painful to hear the stories over again. As she grew up there and knows how hard a Dakota winter can be.
Laskin did a wonderful job of taking a horrable chapter in our history, and telling it with senitivity. He did not go into gory detail about the death of so many and did put in the good side of the story too.
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