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Author Feldman, Jay, 1943-

Title When the Mississippi ran backwards : empire, intrigue, murder, and the New Madrid earthquakes / Jay Feldman.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, [2005]
©2005

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  551.22 FEL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.22 FELDMAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  977.8985 FELDMAN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  977.8 F33W    Check Shelf
Description viii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-294) and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Subject New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812.
Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 1803-1865.
Indians of North America -- Missouri -- History -- 19th century.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Wars -- 1812-1815.
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1812-1815.
Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Missouri -- History -- 19th century.
Subject New Madrid Region (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0743242785 alkaline paper
9780743242783 alk. paper
9780743242790 pbk.
0743242793 pbk.
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