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Re: Master of the World
From: Kinney, Greg <Greg.Kinney~at~ucdenver.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 08:21:05 -0600
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>
Harpers Weekly, NYT and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper report, in 1874, that there was concern in North Carolina that a volcano was causing earth quakes. "A great commotion" was reported including strange sounds from the ground and shaking. So while Table Rock mountain certainly LOOKS interesting, the news that Verne may well have worked from to create MW might well have been the sensationalistic reports about this event;
http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2011/03/15/a-rumble-in-the-mountains/
eBay auction for a page from FLIN showing people fleeing in fear;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BALD-MOUNTAIN-NORTH-CAROLINA-VOLCANO-1874-Print-Matted-/130682647894?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item1e6d4af556
PDF from NYT of the original story in 1874;
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E1FFD3B5D1A7493C3AB1788D85F408784F9
"Extraordinary agitation of Bald Mountain - Terrible sights and sounds - the Terror-stricken residents praying during sixteen days"
thoughts?
g
Received on Tue 08 May 2012 - 17:22:19 IDT
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