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Day the Falls Stood Still, The

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Steeped in the intriguing history of Niagara Falls, this epic love story is as rich, spellbinding, and majestic as the falls themselves. 1915. The dawn of the hydroelectric power era in Niagara Falls. Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath has led a sheltered existence as the youngest daughter of the director of the Niagara Power Company. After graduation day at her boarding school, she is impatient to return to her... (more)

City of Light

by Lauren Belfer

City of Light The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery:... (more)

The Falls

by Eric Walters

The Day the Falls Stood Still

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Steeped in the intriguing history of Niagara Falls, this epic love story is as rich, spellbinding, and majestic as the falls themselves. 1915. The dawn of the hydroelectric power era in Niagara Falls. Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath has led a sheltered existence as the youngest daughter of the director of the Niagara Power Company. After graduation day at her boarding school, she is impatient to return to her... (more)

Matalebe Mofid Ahmad Morovati

Matalebe Mofid

by Ahmad Morovati

Too Close to the Falls

by Catherine Gildiner

Welcome to the childhood of Catherine McClure Gildiner. It is the mid-1950s in Lewiston, New York, a sleepy town near Niagara Falls. Divorce is unheard of, mothers wear high heels to the beauty salon, and television has only just arrived. At the tender age of four, Cathy accompanies Roy, the deliveryman at her father's pharmacy, on his routes. She shares some of their memorable deliveries-sleeping pills to... (more)

Journeys to the Brink of Doom

by T. W. Kriner

This is a tour of the dark side of Niagara Falls--a book that penetrates the mists shrouding a national icon to reveal grim secrets and forgotten horrors. Suicides, murderers, star-crossed lovers, heroes, villains, madmen, and a demon out of the mythic past come together in this gripping collection of tales. If you're looking for Marilyn Monroe or the Love Canal, you won't find them here. You will ... (more)

Our romantic Niagara: A geological history of the river and the fallsAlbert H Tiplin

Our romantic Niagara: A geological history of the river and the falls

by Albert H Tiplin

Niagara River of Fame (Daredevils and Stunters)

Niagara River of Fame (Daredevils and Stunters)

Queen of the Mist: The Story of Annie Edson Taylor, First Person Ever to Go over Niagara Falls and Survive

Queen of the Mist: The Story of Annie Edson Taylor, First Person Ever to Go over Niagara Falls and Survive

by Charles Carlin Parish

Imagining Niagara: The Meaning and Making of Niagara Falls

Imagining Niagara: The Meaning and Making of Niagara Falls

by Patrick Vincent McGreevy

Focuses on four themes that recur in descriptions of the Niagara Falls: Niagara as a thing imagined from afar; as a metaphor for death; as an embodiment of nature; and as a focus of future events. As a cultural geographer, McGreevy connects the Niagara people imagine and the one that exists.

Picture Book of Niagara FallsPierre Berton

Picture Book of Niagara Falls

by Pierre Berton

The first man to describe this natural wonder, Father Louis Hennepin, in 1678, also provided material for the first drawing of the Falls, an engraving that wildly exaggerated the height of the twin cataracts. Scores of other artists followed to produce a visual treasure trove, showing the Falls in all its moods, in every decade and every season - locked in the ice, half obscured by spray, terrifying in some... (more)

Niagara Falls (Wonders of America)

by Marion Dane Bauer

Niagara Falls is beautiful and exciting. Read along to discover how the Falls were made and the history that surrounds them.

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Day the Falls Stood Still, The

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

City of Light

by Lauren Belfer

The Falls

by Eric Walters

The Day the Falls Stood Still

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Matalebe Mofid

by Ahmad Morovati

Too Close to the Falls

by Catherine Gildiner

Journeys to the Brink of Doom

by T. W. Kriner

Our romantic Niagara: A geological history of the river and the falls

by Albert H Tiplin

Niagara River of Fame (Daredevils and Stunters)

Queen of the Mist: The Story of Annie Edson Taylor, First Person Ever to Go over Niagara Falls and Survive

by Charles Carlin Parish

Imagining Niagara: The Meaning and Making of Niagara Falls

by Patrick Vincent McGreevy

Picture Book of Niagara Falls

by Pierre Berton

Niagara Falls (Wonders of America)

by Marion Dane Bauer