The Blizzard Party

Download or read book The Blizzard Party written by Jack Livings and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic novel set in New York City during the catastrophic blizzard of February 1978 On the night of February 6, 1978, an overwhelming nor'easter struck the city of New York. On that night, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in a penthouse apartment of the stately Apelles, a crowd gathered for a grand party. And on that night Mr. Albert Haynes Caldwell—a partner emeritus at Swank, Brady & Plescher; Harvard class of '26; father of three; widower; atheist; and fiscal conservative—hatched a plan to fake a medical emergency and toss himself into the Hudson River, where he would drown. Jack Livings's The Blizzard Party is the story of that night.

Download or read book The Blizzard written by Vladimir Sorokin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this short, surreal twist on the classic Russian novel, a doctor travels to a distant village to save its citizens from an epidemic, but a metaphysical snowstorm gets in his way"--

Download or read book Blizzard! written by Jim Murphy and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Download or read book The Home of the Blizzard written by Douglas Mawson and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctic.

Download or read book The Home of the Blizzard written by Sir Douglas Mawson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This account, so profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley is a classic of Polar literature, describing the first major scientific exploring venture by an Australian beyond their shores. Mawson's lone survival after the fatal tragedy of his two companions (Ninnis and Mertz) was to become the most extraordinary epic of survival in Antarctica. He was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding explorers of the 20th century and ranks high among our national icons" -- abebooks website.

Download or read book The Home of the Blizzard written by Sir Douglas Mawson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Home Of The Blizzard is a story by Douglas Mawson. A tale of breakthrough and exploration in the Antarctic - of inventive acts, fantastic bravery, heart-stopping rescues and courageous diligence.

Download or read book Blizzards written by Michael Allaby and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of blizzards, blizzards of the past, and ways to survive them.