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Feb 5, 2021 · Sisters Gerda and Raina Olsen in many ways typify the experiences of homesteading Norwegian immigrants. Their family left Norway for the promise of the American Dream. Smart and ambitious, Gerda ...
“Benjamin revisits the Children’s Blizzard that killed 235 people in January 1888 in this sprawling, well-told story. As the children from two Great Plains schools prepare to leave at the end of an unusually mild winter day, Benjamin focuses on the different choices made by their teachers—first-generation Norwegian American sisters Gerda and Raina Olsen, a three-day ride apart from each ...
Same day, Dakota Territory. Gerda Olsen, a school teacher like her younger sister, faces the same storm. She makes a different decision than her sister. Afterwards, one becomes a hero of the storm and one finds herself ostracized. After the storm, Gavin Woodson seeks redemption with his new focus on story writing.
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Jan 12, 2021 · The Children’s Blizzard has a pulse-pounding pace, a giant heart, and a sweep as wide as the prairie itself.”—Elizabeth Letts, author of Finding Dorothy. “Melanie Benjamin has a gift for opening up and fleshing out her characters, giving readers unfettered access into their hearts and minds. Beautiful and haunting, this is a story of ...
Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers—one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath.
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Sisters Gerda and Raina Olsen in many ways typify the experiences of homesteading Norwegian immigrants. Their family left Norway for the opportunities promised in America, and they found themselves working daily to make a life on the plains as farmers.
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Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers--one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath.
