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2 unusual facts about Ivy Ruckman


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak

The name "The Night of the Twisters" comes from the semi-fictionalized book of the same name by author Ivy Ruckman, which in turn inspired a 1996 made-for-TV movie seen on ABC Family.

In 1984, a semi-fictionalized book version of this significant tornado outbreak by children's author Ivy Ruckman, a native of Nebraska, was released under the title Night of the Twisters.



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Grand Island, Nebraska

A book, Night of the Twisters, by Ivy Ruckman, and movie were based on this event.