{"product_id":"9789635267224","title":"The Four White Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eFred M. White published this fictional story in 1903 about London in the grip of a severe 4-day arctic snow-storm, showing the hardships and consequences for which the city was unprepared, including price gouging and angry mobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActually, the \"The history of British winters\" page at netweather.tv shows many severe winters, including this dramatic entry: \"25th December 1836, roads impassable, snow depths reached a staggering 5-15 feet in many places, and most astonishingly, drifts of 20-50 feet!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat entry doesn't say where in Great Britain those snowfalls occurred, but this one mentions London: \"1885-1886: Snow fell in October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May! London recorded 1ft of snow in 7 hours in early January.\" Generally in the record, a snowfall of 6 to 12 inches in London would be considered unusually severe. Compare that with the snowfall described in this story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in \u003ci\u003ePearson's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, January 1903 with illustrations by Warwick Goble. Reprinted in \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction By The Rivals Of H.G. Wells\u003c\/i\u003e, Castle Books, 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booklassic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141035344112,"sku":"9789635267224","price":0.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789635267224_p0.jpg?v=1763685056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789635267224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}