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Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 1
A young woman of high-born but penniless English birth migrates to America and settles on the Kansas Plains with two of her brothers. They stake a claim and plan to farm, though none of them have the slightest idea of how to go about it.
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Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 2
Stormy attempts Kansas frontier housekeeping while her brothers scratch the prairie ground and plant their seeds, then lounge upon the porch waiting for their crops to grow and for the rain that never comes.
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Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 3
In the warm balmy November weather in Kansas Stormy and the three men prepare for an extended camping trip to hunt buffalo. They give no consideration that the plains weather could make a dire turn for the worse.
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Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 4
After spending a frigid night camping the Stormy and the three men awake to a blowing gale and the fact that they are nearly buried in snow. The three men leave Stormy in the wagon and head through the blizzard for a small town near by.
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Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 5
Throughout the long cold day Stormy waits alone inside the wagon. At the close of day the wind increases and gradually grows colder. She can only wonder if her husband and brothers have perished in the storm.
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