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"One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets."
Original Publication Jan. 1, 1950 Paperback edition Sept. 1, 1979181 pages