Cahokia
Americannoun
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In this superb speculative novel, Spufford imagines that Manifest Destiny hit a roadblock in the Midwest: The region around St. Louis isn’t Missouri and Illinois but Cahokia, ruled by the Native tribe there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Laura Miller spoke to Francis Spufford, author of the alternate-history mystery novel Cahokia Jazz, which explores those possibilities.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2024
The story takes place in the 1920s, in a reimagined version of the ancient Indigenous city of Cahokia.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
And it makes me wonder: How will future archaeologists interpret our contemporary relationship with Stonehenge, Egypt’s pyramids, Cahokia, Angkor Wat, and other ancient monuments?
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 29, 2023
Although his reign may have begun idealistically, Cahokia quickly became an autocracy; in an Ozymandiac extension of his ego, the supreme leader set in motion the construction projects.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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