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When the Mississippi Ran Backwards (edit title/settings)

Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes

by Jay Feldman (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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ACCOMPANIED by an entourage of Shawnee, Kickapoo, and Winnebago warriors, the Shawnee chief strode decisively through the Creek village of Tuckhabatchee.

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  1. Jay Feldman (Author)

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