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Inventing Niagara

Beauty, Power, and Lies

Inventing Niagara( )
Author: Strand, Ginger
ISBN:978-1-4165-4657-3
Publication Date:May 2009
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.99
Book Description:

Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized and landscape redesigned, the Falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength. Held up as an example of something real, they are hemmed in with fakery -- waxworks, haunted houses, IMAX films and ersatz Indian tales. A symbol of American manifest destiny, they are shared politely with...
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