Niagara
A History of the Falls
Ranked #70 in Canadian History
Anthony Trollope's mother wept at the sight of it; Charles Dickens saw God in its rushing waters; and Harriet Beecher Stowe became so "maddened" by its beauty she contemplated flinging herself into the cascade. Few natural wonders have inspired the passions and the imaginations of so many as Niagara Falls, whose sublime beauty and awesome power have made it a magnet for statesmen and stuntmen, poets and poseurs, ordinary sightseers and exceptional visionaries.Popular historian Pierre Berton traces the history and allure of one of America's great natural phenomena. As Thurston Clarke noted in... more
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