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    1. Definitive January 12-13, 1888, Blizzard Information
    2. Erica Jacobson

    3. Wendell, For the best information about that specific blizzard, pick up a copy of David Laskin's "The Children's Blizzard." While it looks at the upper Midwest/upper plains region as a whole, it does mention Council Bluffs and Des Moines. It's a great read, has some excellent research in how some of these families came to homestead and farm and really takes its time in establishing just how everything conspired against the people caught in the bitter cold of that storm. Hope this helps, Erica __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com

    11/27/2004 01:08:13
    1. Re: [IOWA] Definitive January 12-13, 1888, Blizzard Information
    2. Sue Thielmann

    3. I just read a very favorable review of this book in today's Des Moines Register. I don't find the review on the web site, but it may show up in the archives in the next day or two. It sounds like David Laskin did a lot of research for the book. The bibliography would be a treasure trove for additional information. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erica Jacobson" <aireeca@yahoo.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:08 PM Subject: [IOWA] Definitive January 12-13, 1888, Blizzard Information > Wendell, > For the best information about that specific > blizzard, pick up a copy of David Laskin's "The > Children's Blizzard." While it looks at the upper > Midwest/upper plains region as a whole, it does > mention Council Bluffs and Des Moines. > It's a great read, has some excellent research in > how some of these families came to homestead and farm > and really takes its time in establishing just how > everything conspired against the people caught in the > bitter cold of that storm. > Hope this helps, > Erica > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > http://my.yahoo.com > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

    11/28/2004 01:47:14