# David Laskin

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A Jubilee Year Suggested Itinerary: 5 Paleo-Christian Churches, among Rome's Oldest Churches

5 Paleo-Christian Churches: A Suggested Itinerary for the Jubilee Year, with a focus on Rome's oldest churches....and nearby tasty eateries! Rome is a city of unparalleled history, where every cobblestone whispers tales of the past. As the Eternal City gears up for the 2025 Jubilee Year, it's alre…

Unreasonably Warm: The Children's Blizzard of 1888

A warm January day suddenly plunged into lethal chaos across the American prairie. One moment, children were enjoying their first day back at school after weeks of bitter cold; the next, they were fighting for their lives in a swirling vortex of wind-driven snow and temperatures that dropped dozens…

Ep. 208: Best of Narrative Nonfiction with Elizabeth Barnhill of Fabled Bookshop (@FabledBookshop)

Ep. 208 brings the third installment of our "Best of…" series. Elizabeth Barnhill of Fabled Bookshop joined Sarah for the Best of Narrative Nonfiction, sharing her ALL-TIME TOP books in this genre. Plus, she brings a few popular nonfiction reads that didn't work for her.⁠ This episode is chock-full…

EPISODE 473 FUTURE BOY CHILDRENS BLIZZARD NOBODY'S GIRL

Another unintentional theme week! We all came to the table with non-fiction this week, so as you can imagine, we deep dive into serious territory by the end! Future Boy by Michael J Fox The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Ord, Nebraska: The Teenage Teacher Who Saved 13 Children in the 1888 Blizzard

Ord, Nebraska. January 12th, 1888. Morning. A one-room schoolhouse six miles south of Ord, Nebraska. 40 degrees in January. Unseasonably warm. The morning where farm kids arrive without their heavy coats because it feels like spring decided to show up three months early. Minnie Freeman, 19 years ol…

Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Not Forgotten | 5

Early settlers to the Midwest were accustomed to harsh winters, but the blizzard that hit the Great Plains on January 12th, 1888 caught thousands of pioneer families off guard. The storm was especially brutal for children trying to find their way home from rural schoolhouses. Author David Laskin jo…

Spotting grizzly bears from space - David Laskin

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/tracking-grizzly-bears-from-space-david-laskinGrizzly bears have adapted cleverly to their diminishing habitat by developing a mostly vegetarian diet in sync with plant growing seasons. Using NASA satellites, scientists track the shifting, interrelated pa…