Valenčius, Conevery Bolton,  1969- <br/><br/>
The lost history of the New Madrid earthquakes /Conevery Bolton Valencius. 

 - Chicago ;  London :  The University of Chicago Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: earthquake cracks --  A great commotion: the experience of the New Madrid earthquakes --  Earthquakes and the end of the New Madrid hinterland --  Revival and resistance: earthquakes on native ground --  The quaking body: sensation, electricity, and religious revival --  Vernacular science: knowing earthquakes in the early United States --  Sunk lands and submerged knowledge: how war, swamps, and seismographs hid evidence of the New Madrid earthquakes --  The science of deep history: old accounts and modern science of New Madrid --  Conclusion: memory and earth in the Mississippi Valley. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226053929 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812.<br/>Earthquakes--History.--Mississippi River Valley
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE535  / .L678 2013