Queen of the Falls
Overview - 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 . Read more...
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More About Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
Overview
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
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780547315812
- ISBN-10: 0547315813
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Publish Date: April 2011
- Page Count: 40
- Reading Level: Ages 6-9
- Dimensions: 11.78 x 8.51 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.98 pounds

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