Humbled by the Devastator (The Devastator Series) Review

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Humbled by the Devastator (The Devastator Series) ReviewThis is a well-written story of what the farmers and ranchers of North and South Dakota went through in their devastating loss of half a million cattle during the unbelievable winter blizzards that started in October of '96 and did not let up until May of '97. Being a Montanan native and having experienced snowstorms all my life (indeed, we just had a snowstorm two days ago and it's June), I related to this and could not imagine how the people survived and kept going. Carol includes many stories from many of the ranchers and the laborers (snowplowers, etc.) of how they felt and what they thought. This is a hardscrabble tale of tenacity that keeps people going despite watching the heartbreak of their cattle dying every day. Not only is it an economic loss, but it is an emotional loss, for the ranchers feel they have shirked their duties in caring for their livestock. Page after page, Carol describes with great detail what happened. Certainly, all who live in the northern states should read it but those outside should read it out of interest in the farming and ranching roles of life that sustain us all and put meat on our table. The Dakotans were heroic and Carol's writing of their anquished ordeal was superb.Humbled by the Devastator (The Devastator Series) OverviewWhen Mother Nature pins you down and doesn't lift her jack boot for most of the year...what becomes of your emergency drill then? Dakotans went into blizzard mode in October of 1996--not to emerge from their deep freeze for seven long months. Beloved cowboy poet & author, Baxter Black DVM, had this to say about HUMBLED: "...heart-stopping! You captured it, Carol. These stories take me straight back to that winter and how brutal it really was. Such an incomparable chapter in our nation's history. Thank you for writing it."The Devastator of 1997 (so coined by the author, who lived through that winter herself) profoundly humbled part of a noble and resilient culture--folks who still try to eke out their living on the land. It's a hard memory that prompts a nervous laugh when you first bring it up. Yet it still brings a tear to the steeliest eye...From humorous to heartbreaking, this is an unforgettable read.

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