Title: A uniquely constructed book
Review: What's strange about the excellent When the Mississippi Ran Backwards, by Jan Feldman, is its organization. Throughout the whole book we go from massive earthquake to massive earthquake--due the name of the book--as well as the story of the wise Indian chief Tecumseh (and the usual portion of mangled, naked and scalped bodies as well as the massacre of Indian women and children); the history of the first steamboat (that went from port to port on its way to New Orleans, making a fortune through short side-trips at a dollar a pop); the Spanish control of Louisiana (with graft and treason galore); the savage murder of a slave and the trial of the perpetrators; the whole ending with the War of 1812 and the further slaughter of Americans, Indians and the British. With so much going on, the book makes for relentless movement and breathless action. My own books can be found under Michael Hone.
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