By Dr. Bruce Smith ——Bio and Archives--July 11, 2024

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In his first novel, Timothy R Minnich brings us a journey to the past that only a meteorologist with a keen eye for context could write. Blizzard! weaves history, weather, and human interest in a way many readers will find irresistible.

Set in the middle of the years between the Centennial and the beginning of the 20th Century, Blizzard! unlocks an era in American history that often gets no more than a brief mention in the textbooks.

Grover Cleveland was still in his first term when this storm paralyzed the Northeast in March, 1888, and the stunning Brooklyn Bridge had been completed for only four years. Into this setting comes young Will Roebling, the story’s central figure, blessed with a keen intellect and a rare instinct for predicting weather events. But Roebling faces a major obstacle in the bureaucratic red tape that binds his........

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