When the Mississippi ran backwards empire, intrigue, murder, and the New Madrid earthquakes
An account of the ecological and historical impact of a series of Mississippi River Valley earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 documents how towns were destroyed and political loyalties were altered, changing the course of the War of 1812.
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New York, N.Y. :
Free Press,
c2005.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a When the Mississippi ran backwards : |b empire, intrigue, murder, and the New Madrid earthquakes / |c Jay Feldman. |
| 260 | |a New York, N.Y. : |b Free Press, |c c2005. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 307 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a I: Portents -- A time of extraordinaries -- II: Rumblings -- A country equal to our most sanguine wishes -- Disappointments and sufferings -- One of those uncommon geniuses -- The impending destruction -- The bloody ground -- The monster of the waters -- III: Upheaval -- All nature was in a state of dissolution -- A real chaos -- IV: Aftershocks -- The accumulated load of public odium -- A war of extirpation -- The fatal blow -- The field of slaughter. | |
| 520 | |a An account of the ecological and historical impact of a series of Mississippi River Valley earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 documents how towns were destroyed and political loyalties were altered, changing the course of the War of 1812. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Mississippi River |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indigenous peoples |z America |z Missouri |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Mississippi River Valley |x History |y 1803-1865. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indians of North America |x Wars |y 1812-1815. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a New Madrid Region (Mo.) |x History |y 19th century. | |
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