Last autumn, he had come alone and returned with a deed to fifty acres of land. Tanding in the yard beside their log house, Laurel looked at the starred December sky, quickly located the comet, and shivered-but from fear rather than the cold.įrom the time eight years ago, in 1803, when America bought Louisiana, the vast area west of the Mississippi, from France, Father had wanted to leave Kentucky and move here, to New Madrid County. Manufactured in the United States of America Earthquakes-Missouri-New Madrid-Juvenile fiction. Summary: In the process of coping with a series of earthquakes which strike the frontier town of New Madrid in 18, fifteen-year-old Laurel discovers an unexpected romance.ġ. When the River Ran Backward / by Emily Crofford. Website address: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise-without the prior written permission of Carolrhoda Books, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. When the River Ran Backward When the River Ran Backward Emily CroffordĬover illustration copyright © 2000 by Mary O’Keefe YoungĪll rights reserved.
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