When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
Jay Feldman
307 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0743242785
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Language: English
Publish: March 1, 2005
19th CenturyAmericanAmerican HistoryGeologyHistoricalHistoryNatureNonfictionScienceTrue Crime
An account of the ecological and historical impact of a series of Mississippi River Valley earthquakes that took place in 1811 and 1812 documents how towns were destroyed, a massive lake was created, and political loyalties were altered, changing the course of the War of 1812. 35,000 first printing.