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Niagara: A History of the Falls (Excelsior Editions)

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Niagara: A History of the Falls (Excelsior Editions)

Niagara: A History of the Falls (Excelsior Editions)
Excelsior Ed | 2009-07-08 | ISBN: 1438429282 | 480 pages | PDF | 20 MB

Sometimes a place can be as good a subject for a "biography" as a person–and Niagara Falls turns out to be such a place. Fortunately, it found its ideal biographer in Canadian historian Pierre Berton, who chronicles its colorful history with a storyteller's verve. Niagara Falls was a sort of laboratory and breeding ground for a wide variety of American phenomena: carnivals and theme parks, destination tourism, industrialization based on cheap hydroelectric power, and the conservation movement, among others. Berton weaves all this together in a readable, well-paced book rich with anecdotes, memorable characters, and nicely crafted language.