| #1801772 in Books | 2008-05-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x1.12 x6.12l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| while creating a ghost town full of empty useless buildings and structures that serve no purpose|By Texas Teacher|Having grown up in the city of Niagara Falls, NY, I truly appreciate how Ms. Strand has chronicled the demise of the city over the past two centuries. Avarice were/are the primary factors that led, and continue to lead, the politicians of this once thriving town to|From Publishers Weekly|With wit and passion, Strand (Flight: A Novel) explores the history of Niagara Falls and shows that the famous natural wonder is in reality a prime example of man's manipulation of nature, constantly exploited to attract tourists. I
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 p...
You easily download any file type for your device.Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies | Ginger Strand. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
