Overview

This work presents a sweeping history of this natural wonder, from its geological beginnings to the present.

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Author:   Pierre Berton
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   Excelsior Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9781438429281

ISBN 10:   1438429282
Pages:   481
Publication Date:   02 July 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"ONE Ice and water A prodigious cadence ""The most awful scene"" TWO Augustus Porter's sylvan bower William Forsyth's folly The jumper and the hermit THREE ""That Enchanted Ground"" The father of geology Spanning the gorge John Roebling's bridge FOUR Miss Bird ""does"" Niagara Frankenstein's monster Mr Church's masterpiece FIVE The Prince of Manila Farini the Great Farini the flirt The legacy of Niagara Into the maelstrom SIX The cave of the forty thieves Private greed A ramble on Goat Island Saving Niagara from itself Casimir Growski to the rescue SEVEN Harnessing the waters Tesla The golden age Utopian dreams EIGHT Arthur Midleigh's folly The ice bridge Annie Fame and fortune or instant death Aftermath NINE The Canadian connection The people's power The Second Battle of Niagara The red-headed hero The soaring ambitions of Adam Beck TEN The riverman's return The Richest Man in Canada The end of the Honeymoon Young Red's last ride ELEVEN The witch's end of fairyland The park man The river takes over The fighting Tuscarora TWELVE The miracle Blackout Drying up the Falls THIRTEEN Love Canal makes the news The mother instinct The long crusade of Lois Gibbs Taking hostages AFTERWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX"

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The noble cataract reflects the concerns, the fancies, and the failings of the times. If we gaze deeply enough into its shimmering image, we can perhaps discern our own. -- Pierre Berton

"""The noble cataract reflects the concerns, the fancies, and the failings of the times. If we gaze deeply enough into its shimmering image, we can perhaps discern our own."" -- Pierre Berton ""Entertaining. . . . Berton brings to life the adventurers and dreamers, visionaries and industrialists, who over centuries have been drawn to the Falls."" -- ""Maclean's"" ""From the Trade Paperback edition."""

The noble cataract reflects the concerns, the fancies, and the failings of the times. If we gaze deeply enough into its shimmering image, we can perhaps discern our own. -- Pierre Berton Entertaining. . . . Berton brings to life the adventurers and dreamers, visionaries and industrialists, who over centuries have been drawn to the Falls. -- Maclean's From the Trade Paperback edition.

The noble cataract reflects the concerns, the fancies, and the failings of the times. If we gaze deeply enough into its shimmering image, we can perhaps discern our own. -- Pierre Berton Entertaining. . . . Berton brings to life the adventurers and dreamers, visionaries and industrialists, who over centuries have been drawn to the Falls. -- Maclean's From the Trade Paperback edition.

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