DEVASTATOR |
| After being favored with nearly a decade of placid winters, North and South Dakotans had to face down the cruelest season of their lives. It started early and stayed too late, this infamous winter of 1996-97. Catching stockmen off guard with its ruthless ferocity, the Devastator tore into thousands of cattle and sheep from mid-October to April…leaving in its wake a tragic animal holocaust and broken hearts everywhere. Sensing that this winter was indeed historic, many people captured incomparable memories in poetry and photographs. This unique book is a snapshot of a massive train wreck that buried whole towns for half a year…an astonishing picture of the stark reality that man is not always in control of his affairs…and yet, proof that the human spirit can still triumph over anything. DEVASTATOR is an 8.5 x 11-inch coffee table keepsake with more than 120 full-color photographs. Its companion book of stories, HUMBLED (below) is a 192-page trade paperback measuring 6 x 9 inches. Both volumes are an unforgettable page from Dakota history. |
HUMBLED |
Throughout that winter (with only a few exceptions, in which the stress broke things apart), old hatchets got buried for good. New friendships were strengthened between folks who were just neighbors or casual acquaintances before. Most of those relationships endure to this day. It was a tough way to grow stronger and more compassionate; but almost everyone did. Humbled contains almost 30 pages of storm data from the National Weather Service. This is also an audio book for the sight-impaired, now available through every Talking Book Library in the United States. Check with your local librarian! |
