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When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9780743242783
- Book Title
- When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Nature, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, General, United States / General, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Information
On December 15, 1811, two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews murdered a slave in cold blood and put his body parts into a roaring fire. The evidence would have been destroyed but for a rare act of God -- or, as some believed, of the Indian chief Tecumseh.That same day, the Mississippi River's first steamboat, piloted by Nicholas Roosevelt, powered itself toward New Orleans on its maiden voyage. The sky grew hazy and red, and jolts of electricity flashed in the air. A prophecy by Tecumseh was about to be fulfilled.He had warned reluctant warrior-tribes that he would stamp his feet and bring down their houses. Sure enough, between December 16, 1811, and late April 1812, a catastrophic series of earthquakes shook the Mississippi River Valley. Of the more than 2,000 tremors that rumbled across the land during this time, three would have measured nearly or greater than 8.0 on the not-yet-devised Richter Scale. Centered in what is now the bootheel region of Missouri, the New Madrid earthquakes were felt as far away as Canada; New York; New Orleans; Washington, D.C.; and the western part of the Missouri River. A million and a half square miles were affected as the earth's surface remained in a state of constant motion for nearly four months. Towns were destroyed, an eighteen-mile-long by five-mile-wide lake was created, and even the Mississippi River temporarily ran backwards.The quakes uncovered Jefferson's nephews' cruelty and changed the course of the War of 1812 as well as the future of the new republic. In When the Mississippi Ran Backwards, Jay Feldman expertly weaves together the story of the slave murder, the steamboat, Tecumseh, and the war, and brings a forgotten period back to vivid life. Tecumseh's widely believed prophecy, seemingly fulfilled, hastened an unprecedented alliance among southern and northern tribes, who joined the British in a disastrous fight against the U.S. government. By the end of the war, the continental United States was secure against Britain, France, and Spain; the Indians had lost many lives and much land; and Jefferson's nephews were exposed as murderers. The steamboat, which survived the earthquake, was sunk.When the Mississippi Ran Backwardssheds light on this now-obscure yet pivotal period between the Revolutionary and Civil wars, uncovering the era's dramatic geophysical, political, and military upheavals. Feldman paints a vivid picture of how these powerful earthquakes made an impact on every aspect of frontier life -- and why similar catastrophic quakes are guaranteed to recur.When the Mississippi Ran Backwardsis popular history at its best.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743242785
ISBN-13
9780743242783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43113767
Product Key Features
Book Title
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, General, United States / General, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Jay Feldman has written a splendid re-creation of one of the stranges and little-known times in early U.S. history -- a time when an Indian leader was almost as powerful as the president, and everything including the earth itself conspired to make the frontier an even wilder place."-- Jake Page, author of In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians and coauthor of The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science, "Jay Feldman has written a splendid re-creation of one of the stranges and little-known times in early U.S. history -- a time when an Indian leader was almost as powerful as the president, and everything including the earth itself conspired to make the frontier an even wilder place."-- Jake Page, author ofIn the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indiansand coauthor ofThe Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science, "Jay Feldman has produced a fascinating work of social history, meticulously researched, elegantly written, and awesomely original in its conception. He finds the convulsions of the natural world reverberating on slavery, war, and Indian resistance, and tells the story with verve and style."-- Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States, "Jay Feldman has written a splendid re-creation of one of the stranges and little-known times in early U.S. history -- a time when an Indian leader was almost as powerful as the president, and everything including the earth itself conspired to make the frontier an even wilder place." -- Jake Page, author of In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians and coauthor of The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
Lccn
2004-057537
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
551.22/09778/985
Lc Classification Number
Qe535.2.U6f45 2005
Table of Content
Contents Part I:Portentschapter one:A Time of ExtraordinariesPart II:Rumblingschapter two:A Country Equal to Our Most Sanguine Wisheschapter three:Disappointments and Sufferingschapter four:One of Those Uncommon Geniuseschapter five:The Impending Destructionchapter six:The Bloody Groundchapter seven:The Monster of the WatersPart III:Upheavalchapter eight:All Nature Was in a State of Dissolutionchapter nine:A Real ChaosPart IV:Aftershockschapter ten:The Accumulated Load of Public Odiumchapter eleven:A War of Extirpationchapter twelve:The Fatal Blowchapter thirteen:The Field of SlaughterEpiloguenotesbibliography of works consultedacknowledgmentsindex
Copyright Date
2005
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