Queen of the Falls
by Chris Van Allsburg
2020-12-29 07:28:55
She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father''s hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer. That''s what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their ...
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She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father''s hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer.
That''s what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their courage let them get to it?
At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before-she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.
Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride!
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