12 Top history books like Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952 by Cathie Pelletier

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Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

By: Cathie Pelletier

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human enduranc…

If you liked the history plot in Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952 by Cathie Pelletier , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

By: Jennifer Niven

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Ice Mastercomes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survive… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Niven's Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • survival
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism by John U. Bacon

2. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

By: John U. Bacon

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more

Similar categories in John U. Bacon's The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

3. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

By: Daniel James Brown

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

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4. Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens

By: Steve Olson

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiou… read more

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5. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938

By: R.A. Scotti

4.49

Format: 563 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of "The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea" harkens back to a natural disaster that struck … read more

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6. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
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9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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10. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

By: James L. Swanson

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more

Similar categories in James L. Swanson's The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

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  • audiobook
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12. This Other Eden

By: Paul Harding

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more

Similar categories in Paul Harding's This Other Eden book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
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13. Welcome Home, Stranger

By: Kate Christensen

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growin… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's Welcome Home, Stranger book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
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14. Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14)

By: Paul Doiron

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double m… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
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15. The Road to Dalton (Dalton, Maine, #1)

By: Shannon Bowring

4.04

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

From debut author Shannon Bowring comes a novel of small town America that Pulitzer-winner Richard … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Bowring's The Road to Dalton (Dalton, Maine, #1) book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
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16. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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17. Night of the Living Rez

By: Morgan Talty

3.91

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

How do the living come back to life?  Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more

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  • audiobook
"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."

-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez

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18. Spoonhandle

By: Ruth Moore

4.34

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

With this long, beautifully realized novel, Ruth More takes her place as a major writer, one of the… read more

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19. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

By: Darrell Hartman

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more

Similar categories in Darrell Hartman's Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
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20. Swarm

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen year-old Shur is one of the first to see the creatures. While staring out the window in his… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer D. Lyle's Swarm book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • survival
  • audiobook
Cover of After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War by Helen Rappaport

21. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

By: Helen Rappaport

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

Cover of In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu

22. In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History

By: Mitch Landrieu

4.03

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

The New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and a… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Landrieu's In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Once we start to listen rather than speak, see rather than look away, we will realize a simple truth: we are all the same."

-Mitch Landrieu, In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History

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23. Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

By: Cathie Pelletier

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human enduranc… read more

Similar categories in Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952 book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • survival
  • history
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America by Gigi Georges

24. Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

By: Gigi Georges

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one… read more

Similar categories in Gigi Georges's Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Ædnan

By: Linnea Axelsson

4.23

Format: 762 pages, Hardcover

Ædnan är ett mäktigt epos som på en ordknapp vers berättar om två samiska familjer. I deras öden sp… read more

Similar categories in Linnea Axelsson's Ædnan book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
Cover of Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew by Michael D. Leinbach

26. Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

By: Michael D. Leinbach

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on r… read more

Similar categories in Michael D. Leinbach's Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra

27. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

By: Natalie Dykstra

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Dykstra's Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

28. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and Cathie Pelletier's Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

  • audiobook
  • adventure
Cover of Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family by Erika Hayasaki

29. Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family

By: Erika Hayasaki

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, eac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone Knows But You by Thomas E. Ricks

30. Everyone Knows But You

By: Thomas E. Ricks

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent finds himself in the insular world of a fishing village on the Maine coast where the r… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump

31. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

By: Fred C. Trump

4.07

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

26 Best audiobook books like Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952 by Cathie Pelletier

Transform Your Habits

The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

John U. Bacon

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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21 Top fiction books like Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14) by Paul Doiron

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

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