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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.

Main Author: Feldman, Jay, 1943-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Free Press, c2005.
Subjects:
New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812.
Indians of North America > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1812-1815.
Mississippi River > History > 19th century.
Mississippi River Valley > History > 1803-1865.
New Madrid Region (Mo.) > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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