How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America (Caroline Winterer - WH) caisson the little town became headline

the little town became headline material during the Civil War

and missing in just two days

Shows the covered bridge and stream

where he led his regiment (part of George “Tige” Anderson’s brigade) in some of the most brutal fightings of the war

How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America (Caroline Winterer - WH) caisson the little town became headlineby Caroline Winterer How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal