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The Great Deception Podcast
Monday Night MasterDebaters `Toxic Facebook, Eclipse Repeat of 1811-12 Comet/Earthquakes, Hollow Earth, Dr Abram Hoffer'

The Great Deception Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 104:47


Welcome to Episode 123 of the Monday Night MasterDebaters where I am joined by  Ryan from Dangerous World Podcast, Thomas from Paranoid American.  And Ryan from Notus & Friends Podcast.  What a fun convo tonight where we talk about the cesspool that is Facebook, commenters on social media, April 8 Eclipse National Guard Schools Closing, Repeating pattern of 1811-12 Tecumseh Comet & New Madrid Earthquakes?, Mormon ties to the April 8 eclipse, Nineveh connection, NASA, Hollow Earth, Eugenics, Fernald State School Radioactive Milk/Cereal, Orthomolecular Nutrition, Dr Abram Hoffer, Leprechauns, Dragons, new food pyramid and much more! My dear friend and friend of the show Matthew Smith needs our help, if you can donate, it is greatly appreciated! Matthew's 'F Pancreatic Cancer' Fund   https://gofund.me/66ad1486 Please leave a review & share the show! Go support the great guests at: Thomas from Paranoid American https://www.instagram.com/paranoidamerican/ https://www.paranoidamerican.com linkpop.com/paranoidamerican Ryan Aleckszander  from Notus & Friends Podcast  https://www.instagram.com/ryanaleckszander/ https://notusbooks.org https://wagthedogtheory.com My other accounts: @wallachswarriors@transcendtowers@notusfoods Ryan from Dangerous World Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DangerousWorldPodcast/posts IG: @dangerousworldpod linktr.ee/dangerousworldpodcast Mat from The Great Deception Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thegreatdeceptionpodcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast_v2/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/Barons44 To Make Contributions: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast Merch: https://my-store-cb4b4e.creator-spring.com thegreatdeceptionpodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-great-deception-podcast/support

History Class: After Hours
The Most Powerful Earthquake East of the Rockies

History Class: After Hours

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 22:20


Join us today as Tyler teaches about the New Madrid Earthquakes.

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The Strange South Podcast
Episode 122: New Madrid Earthquakes

The Strange South Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 44:21


Patrice, Marleah, and Courtney are sipping on Courtney's special New Orleans Hurricanes as they discuss the 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquake, which resulted in the Mississippi River temporarily flowing in reverse, reshaping the terrain of New Madrid, MO.

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Nightmares on the Lost Highway Podcast
Episode 96 - New Madrid Earthquakes

Nightmares on the Lost Highway Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 48:17


Have you heard the story of some of the worst earthquakes in history, and could they happen again, called the New Madrid Earthquakes?

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The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast
11. Jeff Grunwald on the New Madrid Earthquakes

The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 52:57


Early in the morning of December 16, 1811, residents of New Madrid, Missouri were literally shaken out of their beds. One of the largest earthquakes in United States history shocked and disoriented residents of the busy frontier town. For several weeks, earthquakes continued to tremble and terrify folks and, in the process, rearrange the land and reshape the Mississippi River. In this episode, I talk with Jeff Grunwald, the administrator of the New Madrid Historical Museum, about those earthquakes, what it was like to live through them, and their legacy on the area around New Madrid. In the Mississippi Minute, I talk about Bubbleland, the geographic oddity on the other side of the Mississippi from New Madrid.

Colloquy
“It Was Hell”: The Forgotten Earthquakes that Reshaped America

Colloquy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 29:55


“Torn to pieces.” That's how the American frontiersman Davy Crockett, described the West Tennessee landscape. Nearly 15 years after it was rent asunder by the New Madrid earthquakes from December 1811 to February 1812. The tremors rocked an area that also included the present-day states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Illinois, reshaping not only the landscape but also the lives of the people who settled there.So why were the quakes all but forgotten by the time of the Civil War? What caused them and could they happen again? Joining us to discuss this long-overlooked disaster in this Earth Month episode of Colloquy is Dr. Conevery Valencius, author of the recent book The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes. Dr. Valencius is a professor of history at Boston College and has taught at Washington University, Saint Louis, Harvard, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She's been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Debonair Institute for the History of Science and Technology. Dr. Valencius is currently working on a book about earthquakes and the modern energy sector. She received a Ph.D. in the History of Science from GCIS in 1998. 

AR History
New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-1812

AR History

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 20:13


In this episode, we examine the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius, author of The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes, explains how the earthquakes altered the geography of the New Madrid Seismic Zone and forever changed the lives of Indigenous peoples in the area. She also provides some insight into why we should care about these earthquakes today. For additional information: The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes United States Geological Survey Our sponsor: Arkansas Humanities Council Special thanks to Justin Vinson and Clay Turner for providing the voiceovers in this episode.

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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES OF 1811-12

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 31:07


This story chronicles the most powerful and destructive earthquake to ever hit the U.S. mainland, and it was only one of many that hit the settlement of New Madrid Missouri and surrounding towns. Of the top twent earthquakes to hit the U.S. mainland and Alaska, three nit the New Madrid region within a few months, destroying entire towns, causing geysers to spew sulphur smoke throughout the region, and leaving many homeless. The Mississippi River was forced to run backwards for 2 hours because of the upheaval of the earth along the fault line. Eyewitness accounts describe the devastation and panic that ensued. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytellers! Android devices: https://podbay.fm/p/1001-historys-best-storytellers (cut and paste into your url) Apple devices: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: ​​https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr.  Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2  Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megapho. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Baked and Awake
Roanoke Island and the Questions Rap

Baked and Awake

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 114:36


Spooky Szn Special (Episode 110) October 31st 2020 Roanoke Island’s Lost Colony   Today on Baked and Awake My First Conspiracy- The Lost English Colony of Roanoke Island. This is both a Ghost Story, therefore fitting for a show released on Halloween, and to my mind a compelling example of competing versions of history that can be found not only here, but in so many stories we have preserved and related as “facts” throughout human history. I’m about to share with you a whole bunch of very well documented details that I nevertheless doubt you’ve heard anywhere else. As I am indicating, this is a story many, if not most of you think you already know.  I hope today to at least tell those of you in that camp a little bit more than you knew before, maybe a lot more- and for those fortunate enough to be learning about the Lost Colony for the first time today, I welcome you most warmly of all, and I promise to treat this opportunity of telling you this tale as the honor that in many ways it is. As always I’ll remind you that there are detailed show notes for every episode and I usually include just about every source I cite during the show so that you can perform your own research to your satisfaction should you care to investigate further. talktous@bakedandawake is the email to use if you want to get in touch and talk further about any questions you have, or for anything else, really. Now, to do this Roanoke story any justice whatsoever, we are gonna have to use my personal Temporal Panopticon, otherwise known as a 2018 Mac Mini with two thrift store displays and a just decent broadband internet connection. We will use this magic mirror in order to peer into the mists of time. And since this time machine is so powerful, we have the opportunity to not only travel back to 1587, the year of the founding of the famed Lost Colony, but indeed to two years earlier, when the first colony at Roanoke was founded, only to be abandoned in only about 9 months. But really, why would we stop there?  Because even in 1585 there were more colonies and “expeditions” also known as “raiding parties” than I can easily count, so much so that we will come back to this point in a few minutes after we ever so briefly take a moment to remember, and to a small extent name, the existing inhabitants of the lands in question, which were at the time of this particular moment in history, already engaging in persistent, decades long campaigns of trading, raiding, and enslaving the indigenous people of North America for the enrichment of themselves and their European Patrons, and with an eye to completely acquiring said lands while subduing the People of those lands. This destiny and mission was laid out from just about Day One, as far as I can tell. This episode promises to be a long one.  I’m talking plug in your phone, grab a cup of tea, roll something extra frosty up and probably pack a backup bowl because the ride is long and bumpy, and ends in a book from the 1970’s that I found on my own bookshelf that I just knew had to have a little tidbit for me.  And that book did not disappoint. And now, away we go, starting with...   Background on the context, or  prologue: https://www.popsci.com/descended-from-royalty/   The Big Picture Context, or a Timeline of Pre European Civilizations of North America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era   The Timeline of Events leading up to the story itself:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_European_colonization_of_North_America   Aw shit- you mean there were TWO Roanoke Colonies? What the flip, Man? https://sites.google.com/site/atimelineofamerica/1585---the-first-roanoke-colony   A 2019 YouTube Video that I used to refresh my memory on the story of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke Island on the Weird History Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDdt_ZHGcUA.     ANOTHER Detailed (Audio Only)  history of the Dare Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhtAskkVcI   NY Post Story about the 2019 Book”The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island”: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/amateur-archaeologist-answers-lost-roanoke-colony-mystery/   Strange Stories, Amazing Facts Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Stories-Amazing-Facts-Astonishing/dp/0895770288    The disappearance of the Roanoke colony remains one of the oldest unsolved mysteries in North American Colonial history. The1587 campaign by John White to establish a British Colony in North America was financed by Sir Walter Raleigh.The location was to be one Roanoke Island, just off the coast of North Carolina. They landed that July and established themselves rather quickly. Everything seemed to be going well for the thriving colony of 115 people. In fact, John White’s daughter, Eleanor Dare, gave birth to a daughter while in Roanoke. Virginia Dare became the first English child born in the Americas.”    The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 A Talk by Ray Anderson with Phil Druzhinin and Andreas Xirtus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F62O6EddsVA&t=127s  please go watch this!  More research to come soon on North American Ancient Sites and anomalous geographical phenomena, including looking into such sites as Rockwall, Texas, and the mysterious Lewis and Clark Expedition and what they really “discovered” on their storied campaign across the continent.  Phil Druzhinin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZoTgebXiFVoyqnXyS7GoA Andreas Xirtus: https://www.youtube.com/user/xirtus   Jon Levi and friends recently swelled the ranks of my channel to levels never seen before- growing almost 50% on YT in a matter of a week. This unbelievable growth came from a single brief mention of that same video just mentioned with PD and AX.  Jon’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5vXBfxN7rxKeJHJxS8dNDw   November Prepping without Prepping:  Stock up on Alkaline Batteries, Rechargeable Batteries, and a battery checker! Hint: if you own a digital multimeter you can always check batteries using that! Buy a Battery Tender type trickle charger for your vehicle, Hard Hats and Walkie Talkies for the family.    Intro and Outro instrumental Track, “Riddler”- Used under exclusive license from Creator and Owner Ceezy WONDER aka @LifeisCeezy  LifeisCeezy’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiYKBSzsTPNCKkSvuT8llXw   Episode ambient Music generously provided under Creative Commons Attribution License by Antti Luode, (http://www.soundclick.com/AnttiLuode),http://www.soundclick.com/_mobileFrame.cfm?bandID=1277008,    Additional Music Provided with permission by Northwest Grab aka https://summoningsickness.bandcamp.com Baked and Awake Discord: https://discord.gg/BKJ52JQ   Check out my new official Web Store today where your secure purchases directly support the show, while shopping through online retailers you already trust: https://bakedandawake.com/the-shop   DON’T CLICK THIS LINK: https://bit.ly/36towQy   My Website: www.bakedandawake.com  Email me: talktous@bakedandawake.com  Official Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bakedandawake   My Peertube Channel: https://peertube.co.uk/accounts/baked_and_awake/video-channels Twitter:  https://twitter.com/stevecominski Insta: https://www.instagram.com/baked_and_awake/

All Bad Things - A Disaster Podcast
Episode 151: The New Madrid Earthquakes

All Bad Things - A Disaster Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 83:35


David and Rachel discuss the terrifying series of earthquakes that took place in the American heartland in the early 19th century.

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Disaster Tales
New Madrid Earthquakes

Disaster Tales

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 54:17


From December 16th, 1811 to February 7th 1812, the area where the boot heel of Missouri meets Tennessee and Kentucky were devastated by over 2,000 earthquakes. The initial quakes were so strong they rang church bells in Boston and woke President Madison and his wife Dolly from their sleep in Washington, D.C.  Lakes drained, steaming hot sulphur geysers blew up from the ground and the Mississippi River ran backwards.  This often overlooked seismic area is still active today.

What's That Like?
New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 w/Jeff Grunwald & Being a Newspaper Reporter w/ Olivia Ervin WTL?

What's That Like?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 37:57


Another two parter this week! First up is Jeff Grunwald, Director of the New Madrid Historical Museum. We talk about the largest earthquakes ever to hit North America in 1811 and 1812. Did they feel it in Boston? Did the Mississippi run backwards? We will talk about what it was like for the sparse river population over 200 years ago and also the key city of New Madrid during the Civil War. Great Stuff! http://www.newmadridmuseum.com/ https://www.facebook.com/newmadridmuseum/ Next Up... Olivia Ervin of the Mt Olive Herald. She recently came by Studio 312 to conduct an interview on John and Bob, and we turned the tables on her and found out what its like to a newspaper reporter in a small town! Great Interview with a great person and was happy to get to know her and all she does at the paper!

Historium Unearthia: Unearthing History's Lost and Untold Stories
Episode 19: These Events of 1811 and 1812 Caused Series of Strange Phenomena

Historium Unearthia: Unearthing History's Lost and Untold Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 37:04


A series of unexpected events in 1811 and 1812 caused some strange phenomena and gave birth to countless legends. Sand volcanoes. The Mississippi running backward. Miles-long chasms opening in the earth. But only some of these weird occurrences are the truth. Have you ever heard of the New Madrid earthquakes? DOWNLOAD NOW Credit: For this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jeff Grunwald, administrator of the New Madrid Historical Museum, and Seth Stein, a seismologist and geophysicist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and author of several papers and books on the New Madrid earthquakes. Sources: The 10 Deadliest Earthquakes in US History; Mason, Betsy; Wired; November 21, 2008. Strange Happenings During the Earthquakes; City of New Madrid; Retrieved July 2018. Summary of 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes Sequence; United States Geological Survey; Retrieved July 2018. Disaster Deferred: How New Science is Changing our View of Earthquake Hazards in the Midwest; Stein, Seth; Columbia University Press; 2010. Teaching about New Madrid earthquakes: science and hazards; Stein, Seth; Illinois State University; 2011. The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812; Soddalter, Rod; Missouri Life; February 7, 2018. The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes; Bolton Valencius, Conevery; University of Chicago Press; September 25, 2013.

New Books in History
Conevery Bolton Valencius, “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 65:34


The story begins with Davy Crockett and his hunting dogs chasing a bear in 1826. The bear gets caught in an earthquake crack, an effect of the great Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811-1812 that are now collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes. In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Conevery Bolton Valencius beautifully narrates a riveting tale of the production and forgetting of knowledge surrounding these earthquakes, massively disruptive events that liquefied the soil in much of the Mississippi floodplain and briefly made the Mississippi River flow backward. Valencius situates these events in the New Madrid seismic zone within their past, present, and possible futures. We are treated to the perspectives of those who experienced the quakes and their transformation of New Madrid into a hinterland, from river travelers and writers to the “Shawnee Prophets” Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. Because of the wide range of historical actors treated in the book, the account is of relevance not only to the histories of early American science and environmental studies, but also to the histories of religious practice and native American politics and culture. Undoubtedly a rich and fascinating story, The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes is also a special pleasure to read, thanks to the warm (and often very funny) asides and anecdotes with which Valencius peppers the book. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Conevery Bolton Valencius, “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 65:34


The story begins with Davy Crockett and his hunting dogs chasing a bear in 1826. The bear gets caught in an earthquake crack, an effect of the great Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811-1812 that are now collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes. In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Conevery Bolton Valencius beautifully narrates a riveting tale of the production and forgetting of knowledge surrounding these earthquakes, massively disruptive events that liquefied the soil in much of the Mississippi floodplain and briefly made the Mississippi River flow backward. Valencius situates these events in the New Madrid seismic zone within their past, present, and possible futures. We are treated to the perspectives of those who experienced the quakes and their transformation of New Madrid into a hinterland, from river travelers and writers to the “Shawnee Prophets” Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. Because of the wide range of historical actors treated in the book, the account is of relevance not only to the histories of early American science and environmental studies, but also to the histories of religious practice and native American politics and culture. Undoubtedly a rich and fascinating story, The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes is also a special pleasure to read, thanks to the warm (and often very funny) asides and anecdotes with which Valencius peppers the book. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in American Studies
Conevery Bolton Valencius, “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 65:34


The story begins with Davy Crockett and his hunting dogs chasing a bear in 1826. The bear gets caught in an earthquake crack, an effect of the great Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811-1812 that are now collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes. In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Conevery Bolton Valencius beautifully narrates a riveting tale of the production and forgetting of knowledge surrounding these earthquakes, massively disruptive events that liquefied the soil in much of the Mississippi floodplain and briefly made the Mississippi River flow backward. Valencius situates these events in the New Madrid seismic zone within their past, present, and possible futures. We are treated to the perspectives of those who experienced the quakes and their transformation of New Madrid into a hinterland, from river travelers and writers to the “Shawnee Prophets” Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. Because of the wide range of historical actors treated in the book, the account is of relevance not only to the histories of early American science and environmental studies, but also to the histories of religious practice and native American politics and culture. Undoubtedly a rich and fascinating story, The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes is also a special pleasure to read, thanks to the warm (and often very funny) asides and anecdotes with which Valencius peppers the book. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Conevery Bolton Valencius, “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 65:34


The story begins with Davy Crockett and his hunting dogs chasing a bear in 1826. The bear gets caught in an earthquake crack, an effect of the great Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811-1812 that are now collectively known as the New Madrid earthquakes. In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes (University of Chicago Press, 2013), Conevery Bolton Valencius beautifully narrates a riveting tale of the production and forgetting of knowledge surrounding these earthquakes, massively disruptive events that liquefied the soil in much of the Mississippi floodplain and briefly made the Mississippi River flow backward. Valencius situates these events in the New Madrid seismic zone within their past, present, and possible futures. We are treated to the perspectives of those who experienced the quakes and their transformation of New Madrid into a hinterland, from river travelers and writers to the “Shawnee Prophets” Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. Because of the wide range of historical actors treated in the book, the account is of relevance not only to the histories of early American science and environmental studies, but also to the histories of religious practice and native American politics and culture. Undoubtedly a rich and fascinating story, The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes is also a special pleasure to read, thanks to the warm (and often very funny) asides and anecdotes with which Valencius peppers the book. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices