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 hem 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! Suggested for grades K-4.
More about author/artist Chris Van Allsburg
More about Annie Taylor and other daredevils of Niagara Falls
Photos and facts about Niagara Falls
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Queen of the Falls Book Interview Video:
Find the biography section at call number B TAY.
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