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Author Discusses Volcano That Created Illinois, Frankenstein and Disease

200 years ago, the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Tambora caused global climate change. It led to the creation of states in the midwestern United States, the book Frankenstein and deadly disease.  Bill Wheelhouse talked with Gillen D'Arcy Wood, author of the book Tambora: The Eruption That Changed The World:

The book is published by Princeton University Press.

Bill is a former general manager, economy reporter, Harvest correspondent and Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois. He has won several awards including the Associated Press Best Investigative Reporter.