The Niagara Book

Author : William Dean Howells,Mark Twain,Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017248710

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The Niagara Book by William Dean Howells,Mark Twain,Nathaniel Southgate Shaler Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Ginger Strand
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416546566

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Inventing Niagara by Ginger Strand Pdf

Strand reveals the hidden history of America's most iconic natural wonder, Niagara Falls, illuminating what it says about our history, our relationship with the environment, and ourselves.

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385673655

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Niagara by Pierre Berton Pdf

Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great natural wonder created both the industrial heartland of southern Ontario and the worst pollution on the continent.

Author : Paul Casselman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
ISBN : WISC:89067607333

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A Picture Book of Niagara Falls by Paul Casselman Pdf

Author : Lisa M. Bolt Simons
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635177329

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Niagara Falls by Lisa M. Bolt Simons Pdf

Explore the past, present, and future of Niagara Falls. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.

Author : Megan Stine,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399539688

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Where Is Niagara Falls? by Megan Stine,Who HQ Pdf

While traveling through Canada in 1678, a French priest came across the most gigantic waterfalls he'd ever seen. Stricken with both awe and fear, he began to shake, fell to his knees, and prayed. Ever since, people from all over the world have come to explore Niagara: among them the daredevils determined to tumble down or walk across the falls on tightrope. Kids will get a kick reading about the hare-brained stunts and will also learn how the falls were formed and how--one day--they will disappear.

Author : William R. Irwin
Publisher : University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002778801

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The New Niagara by William R. Irwin Pdf

Visitors may wonder how Niagara Falls came to be the site of magnificent bridges, a famous cereal factory, and a picturesque New York state reservation, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Although many have always admired the natural splendor of the Falls, William Irwin explains that it was not until the mid-1800s that Niagara truly captured the American imagination. With the coming of John Roebling's railway suspension bridge in 1855 came the promise of a "new" Niagara, one in which nature and technology could flourish in harmony. Although some saw the transformation of Niagara Falls as a national shame, for many others it stimulated utopian visions of a great modern America. Tourists flocked to a place that showcased both the beauty of nature and the marvels of technology. Companies such as Shredded Wheat (later absorbed by Nabisco) fed on the public's expectations of novel and revolutionary progress at Niagara. The Shredded Wheat factory and the Niagara Power Company became tourist attractions in their own right. Some developers went so far as to claim that their works exceeded Niagara's natural beauty. It was not until the 1920s that failed expectations revealed the scope of the blighted landscape. By taking us back to a period when Niagara Falls was appreciated as much for its utopian promise as for its natural beauty, The New Niagara reveals America's remarkable romance with technology and its faith in human mastery of the environment.

Author : Henry Winkler,Lin Oliver
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599611082

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Niagara Falls, Or Does It? by Henry Winkler,Lin Oliver Pdf

Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.

Author : Alec Soth,Philip Brookman,Richard Ford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
ISBN : 3865212336

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Niagara by Alec Soth,Philip Brookman,Richard Ford Pdf

Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Alec Soth's "Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America's iconic yet oft-neglected "third coast." Soth's richly descriptive, large-format color photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, "Sleeping by the Mississippi elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie." In the book's 46 ruthlessly edited pictures, "writes Anne Wilkes Tucker, "Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime learning art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex." Like Robert Frank's classic "The Americans, Sleeping by the Mississippi merges a documentary style with a poetic sensibility. The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure. Not bound by a rigid concept or ideology, the series is created out of a quintessentially American spirit of wanderlust.

Author : Daniel Macfarlane
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780774864251

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Fixing Niagara Falls by Daniel Macfarlane Pdf

Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane shows how this natural wonder is essentially a tap: huge tunnels around the reconfigured Falls channel the waters of the Niagara River, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary and transborder perspective on how the Niagara landscape embodies the power of technology and nature.

Author : Joan Nicks,Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554582471

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Covering Niagara by Joan Nicks,Barry Keith Grant Pdf

Covering Niagara: Studies in Local Popular Culture closely examines some of the myriad forms of popular culture in the Niagara region of Canada. Essays consider common assumptions and definitions of what popular culture is and seek to determine whether broad theories of popular culture can explain or make sense of localized instances of popular culture and the cultural experiences of people in their daily lives. Among the many topics covered are local bicycle parades and war memorials, cooking and wine culture, radio and movie-going, music stores and music scenes, tourist sites, and blackface minstrel shows. The authors approach their subjects from a variety of critical and historical perspectives and employ a range of methodologies that includes cultural studies, textual analysis, archival research, and participant interviews. Altogether, Covering Niagara provides a richly diverse mapping of the popular culture of a particular area of Canada and demonstrates the complexities of everyday culture.

Author : Craig Davidson
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857898845

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Cataract City by Craig Davidson Pdf

Cataract City, a dead-end border town overlooking Niagara Falls. Owen Stuckey and Duncan Diggs are fast friends as kids - united by wrestling, go-karts, and metal bands - but as they grow into young men, their once simple affection competes with the tensions created by their respective circumstances. Owen, born to relative privilege, seems destined to get out of the city, while Duncan, honest but hard, is hurtling along the rails towards a future working the assembly line at the soulless biscuit factory, The Bisk. As Duncan becomes more and more desperate to escape, he finds himself at opposite ends of the law to Owen, and as the coils of the city creep ever tighter around the two friends, they find themselves struggling not to break free, but simply to survive.

Author : Jennifer Maruno
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459745940

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Until Niagara Falls by Jennifer Maruno Pdf

Cautious and polite Brenda Barnhart is fascinated by the new-kid-on-the-block’s wildness and unruly family. Brenda feels she should show Maureen the proper way to behave, but the only thing she gets from the friendship is the feeling of walking on a tightrope.

Author : Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780689869440

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Niagara Falls by Marion Dane Bauer Pdf

Discusses the history and lore of Niagara Falls.

Author : Matt Tavares
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536448559

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Crossing Niagara by Matt Tavares Pdf

When the Great Blondin announced that he was going to walk from America to Canada across the Niagara River on a rope that was more than 1,100 feet long and just 3 inches wide, hanging 160 feet above the raging river, people came from everywhere.