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Film, Video When Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes

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Title

  • When Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes

Summary

  • Between December 16, 1811, and late April 1812, a catastrophic series of earthquakes shook the Mississippi Valley. Towns were destroyed, an 18-mile-long lake was created and even the Mississippi River temporarily ran backwards. In his book, journalist Jay Feldman examines the quakes' remarkable physical power and the resulting social, political and military upheavals.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2005-08-04.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Environment, Conservation

Notes

  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Jay Feldman.
  • -  Recorded on 2005-08-04.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687702

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. When Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-04, 2005. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687702/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2005) When Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-04. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687702/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. When Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-04, 2005. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687702/>.