If you had ancestors in Nebraska, Iowa, or the Dakotas on January 13, 1888 you may be interested in reading a new book, THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD, written by David Laskin. It is a gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging blizzard. By Friday morning, January 13th, 1888, some five hundred people lay dead on the drifted prairie. The author uses historical facts to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught settlers by surprise. Wendell Haack