Niagara
Subtitle: A History of the Falls
Publisher: Kodansha America
Published: January 1997
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781568361543
Subjects: Rivers; New York - Local History; Canada - History; Nature; History: American; United States - State & Local - General; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.); Canada; General; History
First sentence: In the beginning was the ice.
Table of contents: title: Ice and water -- A prodigious cadence -- “The most awful scene” -- Augustus Porter’s sylvan bower -- William Forsyth’s folly -- The jumper and the hermit -- “That enchanted ground” -- The father of geology -- Spanning the gorge -- John Roebling’s bridge -- Miss Bird “does” Niagara -- Frankenstein’s Monster -- Mr. Church’s masterpiece -- The Prince of Manila -- Farini the Great -- Farini the Flirt -- The legacy of Niagara -- Into the maelstrom -- The Cave of the Forty Thieves -- Private greed -- A ramble on Goat Island -- Saving Niagara from itself -- Casimir Gzowski to the rescue -- Harnessing the waters -- Tesla -- The golden age -- Utopian dreams -- Arthur Midleigh’s folly -- The ice bridge -- Annie -- Fame and fortune or instant death -- Aftermath -- The Canadian connection -- The people’s power -- The second Battle of Niagara -- The red-headed hero -- The soaring ambitions of Adam Beck -- The riverman’s return -- The richest man in Canada -- The end of the honeymoon -- Young Red’s last ride -- The witch’s end of Fairyland -- The park man -- The river takes over -- The fighting Tuscarora -- The miracle -- Blackout -- Drying up the falls -- Love Canal makes the news -- The mother instinct -- The long crusade of Lois Gibbs -- Taking hostages.