For those people interested in a very interesting read
about American history, I highly reccomend:

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue,
Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes by Jay Feldman,
Free Press, 320 pp.

What I like about it, is that it provides a wonderful
narative about the New Madrid Earthquakes that places
them into the context of the turbulent history of
the early 1800's, which included slavery, murder,
Tecumseh, steamboats, and geopolitics. A review of
this book can be found in "When the Mississippi Ran
Backwards": A view of history during three 1800s
earthquakes, By Mary Ann Gwinn, Seattle Times, at
[seattletimes.nwsource.com].

Yours,

Paul H.







"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)