Jake Page and Charles Officer rely on historical accounts and the latest scientific findings to tell a long-forgotten story in which the naturalist John James Audubon, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, scientists, and charlatans all play roles.
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Background Information
Along with the Missouri, the Mississippi forms the longest river system in the world and ultimately drains almost all of the central United States. The San Francisco earthquake inflicted heavy damage in 1906 and was followed by widespread fires that could not be controlled, which devastated much of what had survived the quake. Tecumeh, along with his brother The Prophet, fought to protect the Shawnees against encroaching whites until his death in the War of 1812.