True story of a completely unexpected cold front which wreaked havoc for much of Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakota territories in the late 19th century. Combines historical and scientific facts with gut wrenching stories of survival and sadness. Well written.

Although well written, the story really doesn't start until half way into the book. The first half is a like a manual for weather broadcaster. Could have done without that part. It was interesting although sad to read of this event in our history.

This book was informative and a good historical perspective on our history and what our ancestors endured. And look at us now.....We have come a long way but our heritage is that we lived and died for liberty, family, and religious beliefs in a world that valued the individual and their possibilities.

This book didn't know what it wanted to be when it grew up. The author obviously did a lot of research, but he had difficulty focusing the mission of the book and selectively highlighting the characters, anecdotes and information that would have made the blizzard of 1888 real to the reader. Instead, the reader (this one, at least) was buried under a blizzard of facts, character sketches, and historical information with tenuous connection to the subject. It was informative, but I could have gotten the same information much more concisely from Wikipedia.