| #498927 in Books | Simon Schuster | 2009-05-05 | 2009-05-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.44 x.90 x5.50l,.75 | File type: PDF | 352 pages | ||0 of 0 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 can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies | Ginger Strand. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
