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The New Madrid Compendium

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 199?

The New Madrid Compendium written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 199? with Earthquakes categories.

In this Compendium you will find listings of over 600 references that are related to the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. These references include newspaper articles, scientific articles, folklore, maps, and eyewitness accounts.

The Lost History Of The New Madrid Earthquakes

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Author : Conevery Bolton Valencius
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-09-25

The Lost History Of The New Madrid Earthquakes written by Conevery Bolton Valencius and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-25 with History categories.

From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent’s mightiest river. For decades, people puzzled over the causes of the quakes, but by the time the nation began to recover from the Civil War, the New Madrid earthquakes had been essentially forgotten. In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes, Conevery Bolton Valencius remembers this major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, even denied and ridiculed as tall tales, were in fact enormously important at the time of their occurrence, and continue to affect us today. Valencius weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812, giving force to frontier religious revival, and spreading scientific inquiry. Moving into the present, Valencius explores the intertwined reasons—environmental, scientific, social, and economic—why something as consequential as major earthquakes can be lost from public knowledge, offering a cautionary tale in a world struggling to respond to global climate change amid widespread willful denial. Engagingly written and ambitiously researched—both in the scientific literature and the writings of the time—The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes will be an important resource in environmental history, geology, and seismology, as well as history of science and medicine and early American and Native American history.

The Great New Madrid Earthquake

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998*

The Great New Madrid Earthquake written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998* with Earthquakes categories.

Compendium of information about the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12 and the potential for future earthquakes in the Mississippi River region. Includes historical accounts, current seismic data, maps, photographs.

Holding Back The River

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Author : Tyler J. Kelley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-04-19

Holding Back The River written by Tyler J. Kelley and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with History categories.

A revelatory work of reporting on the men and women wrestling to harness and preserve America’s most vital natural resource: our rivers. The Mississippi. The Missouri. The Ohio. America’s rivers are the very lifeblood of our country. We need them for nourishing crops, for cheap bulk transportation, for hydroelectric power, for fresh drinking water. Rivers are also part of our mythology, our collective soul; they are Mark Twain, Led Zeppelin, and the Delta Blues. But as infrastructure across the nation fails and climate change pushes rivers and seas to new heights, we’ve arrived at a critical moment in our battle to tame these often-destructive forces of nature. Tyler J. Kelley spent two years traveling the heartland, getting to know the men and women whose lives and livelihoods rely on these tenuously tamed streams. On the Illinois-Kentucky border, we encounter Luther Helland, master of the most important—and most decrepit—lock and dam in America. This old dam at the end of the Ohio River was scheduled to be replaced in 1998, but twenty years and $3 billion later, its replacement still isn’t finished. As the old dam crumbles and commerce grinds to a halt, Helland and his team must risk their lives, using steam-powered equipment and sheer brawn, to raise and lower the dam as often as ten times a year. In Southeast Missouri, we meet Twan Robinson, who lives in the historically Black village of Pinhook. As a super-flood rises on the Mississippi, she learns from her sister that the US Army Corps of Engineers is going to blow up the levee that stands between her home and the river. With barely enough notice to evacuate her elderly mother and pack up a few of her own belongings, Robinson escapes to safety only to begin a nightmarish years-long battle to rebuild her lost community. Atop a floodgate in central Louisiana, we’re beside Major General Richard Kaiser, the man responsible for keeping North America’s greatest river under control. Kaiser stands above the spot where the Mississippi River wants to change course, abandoning Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and following the Atchafalaya River to the sea. The daily flow of water from one river to the other is carefully regulated, but something else is happening that may be out of Kaiser and the Corps’ control. America’s infrastructure is old and underfunded. While our economy, society, and climate have changed, our levees, locks, and dams have not. Yet to fix what’s wrong will require more than money. It will require an act of imagination. “With meticulous research and insightful analysis” (Publishers Weekly), Holding Back the River brings us into the lives of the Americans who grapple with our mighty rivers and, through their stories, suggests solutions to some of the century’s greatest challenges.

Fourteenth Census Of The United States State Compendium

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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924

Fourteenth Census Of The United States State Compendium written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Kentucky categories.

A Compendium Of American Literature

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Author : Charles Dexter Cleveland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859

A Compendium Of American Literature written by Charles Dexter Cleveland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with American literature categories.

New Madrid Seismotectonic Study

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Author : Thomas Charles Buschbach
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

New Madrid Seismotectonic Study written by Thomas Charles Buschbach and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Faults (Geology) categories.

Report On Recommended List Of Structures For Seismic Instrumentation In The New Madrid Region

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Author : U.S. Geological Survey Strong-Motion Instrumentation of Structures Advisory Committee for the New Madrid Region
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Report On Recommended List Of Structures For Seismic Instrumentation In The New Madrid Region written by U.S. Geological Survey Strong-Motion Instrumentation of Structures Advisory Committee for the New Madrid Region and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Buildings categories.

The Democratic Almanac And Political Compendium

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870

The Democratic Almanac And Political Compendium written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with categories.

The Earthquake America Forgot

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Author : Norman Reiss
language : en
Publisher: Care Publications
Release Date : 2005-02-07

The Earthquake America Forgot written by Norman Reiss and has been published by Care Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-07 with History categories.

Scientifically and historically describes the New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes of 1811-1812 and provides valuable information in the event of an earthquake today.