{"product_id":"the-blizzard-voices-paperback","title":"The Blizzard Voices - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Kooser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2007 Book Sense Poetry Top Ten selection \u003cbr\u003e 2007 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Poetry, honoring Tom Pohrt (Illustrator) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is a collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888. \u003ci\u003eThe Blizzard Voices\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working the land, and tending the house when the storm arrived and changed their lives forever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Kooser, Presidential Professor of the University of Nebraska, is former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. In addition to his many volumes of poetry, he is the coauthor (with Steve Cox) of \u003ci\u003eWriting Brave and Free: Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2006) and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2005) and \u003ci\u003eLocal Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps\u003c\/i\u003e, available in a Bison Books edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Pohrt is an illustrator who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.58 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761359552800,"sku":"9780803259638","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/507b498186cac049f3114f02a671ec0c.webp?v=1780205479","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-blizzard-voices-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}