Archive for August, 2009
As one of the Seven Wonders of the World – not to mention the honeymoon capital of North America – Niagara Falls is indisputably one of this continent’s most important tourist destinations. For the millions of visitors – year-in, year-out – and for residents of the area, author Hans Tammemagi’s Exploring Niagara turns a wide-angle lens on one of the most diverse and fascinating corners of Canada and in so doing opens our eyes to the fact that as wondrous as it is, there is a great deal more to the Niagara region than the Falls. Covering both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, and all within about a 30-minute drive of the Falls, the book unveils more than 50 tours and day trips to and through places of interest in the Niagara region. Descriptions of the trips themselves – varying from under an hour to several days – detail the historical and geographical highlights of each destination, and offer up a variety, suggesting tours that can be taken by car, by bicycle, or on foo (more…)
Once a place sacred to the Iroquois, Niagara Falls has been exploited by profiteers, protected by preservationists, harnessed for mechanical power, and reincarnated into the honeymoon capital of the world. Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait, the companion to the PBS television program, celebrates the history of the falls and examines human progress – and human folly – on a grand scale. Fifteen million people are lured to Niagara each year by the sheer power and majesty of the water. You’ll meet some of them: Maid of the Mist captains, wedding chapel ministers, honeymooners of all nationalities, light-show engineers, and thrill seeking daredevils. You’ll also learn about the early explorers; the warriors who fought bloody battles for control of the falls; the first bridge builders and hydroelectric engineers; and the movie stars and tightrope walkers who attracted an awestruck public.Through color photographs and archival images, interviews with people who work at the fal (more…)
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An Explorer’s Guide: From Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario to the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes
“A classy series with encyclopedic coverage.”?National Geographic ExplorerThe first and only comprehensive guide to the region. Describes the hundreds of museums, cultural institutions and recreational activities that will appeal to locals and visitors alike.
Amazon.com Review
Elizabeth McCracken seems to specialize in unlikely romance. Her charmingly quirky debut, The Giant’s House, was the story of a librarian’s passion for the world’s tallest boy. The equally inventive Niagara Falls All Over Again is the story of a vaudevillian’s love for the one person he can’t be without–his partner in comedic crime: You try to recall your wedding day, and you remember a fat man. Or the birth of your first kid, and you remember a fat man. You loved your wife, who died decades ago; you love your kids, who you see once a week. But facts are facts: every time you try to remember anything, the fat man comes strolling into your brain, his hands in his pockets, whiskey on his breath. A vaudeville team that makes the leap to B-movie fame, Carter and Sharp have perfected a classic shtick: the stern professor and the hapless, bumbling Rocky. Offscreen, however, their roles are reversed. Mose Sharp is mild-mannered and accommodating, while R (more…)
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