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Rearview Mirror Chronicles · September 15 · 30 min

The Year Summer Never Came

Send us Fan Mail In June 1816, a New England farmer woke to find snow falling on his summer crops. Ten thousand miles away, an Indonesian volcano had exploded, and what it threw into the sky was about to change the world. This is the story of Mount Tambora's eruption, the year summer never arrived, and the unexpected consequences that rippled across continents: failed harvests, mass migration, literature's greatest monsters, and even the invention of the bicycle. Discover how one catastrophic explosion helped shape the modern world. Support the show For books written and published by Keith Hocton www.entrepotpublishing.com

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In June 1816, a New England farmer woke to find snow falling on his summer crops. Ten thousand miles away, an Indonesian volcano had exploded, and what it threw into the sky was about to change the world. 

This is the story of Mount Tambora's eruption, the year summer never arrived, and the unexpected consequences that rippled across continents: failed harvests, mass migration, literature's greatest monsters, and even the invention of the bicycle. Discover how one catastrophic explosion helped shape the modern world.

Support the show

For books written and published by Keith Hocton

www.entrepotpublishing.com

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