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The Deadliest Woman in the West: Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800-1900

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The Deadliest Woman in the West: Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800-1900 - Beemer, Rod
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Here is the story of encounters with Mother Nature on the trans-Mississippi West's prairies and plains. Upon this huge stage, particularly during the nineteenth century, was played out some of the planet's most intense weather events. The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 were some of the most devastating quakes ever recorded. Mighty thunderstorms rumbled across the prairies and plains accosting man and beast with tornadoes, hail, and floods. Lightning struck men dead, or it ignited prairie fires capable of overtaking the ...

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The Deadliest Woman in the West: Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800-1900 2006, Caxton Press

ISBN-13: 9780870044557

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