Niagara by Pierre Berton

Niagara by Pierre Berton

The noble cataract reflects the concerns, failings, and fancies of the times. If we gaze deeply into its shimmering image we can perhaps discern our own. - page 22

Pierre Berton] makes a serious and convincing case for Niagara's pivotal role in North American history. . His Niagara is a lodestar for North American culture and invention: site of the first railway suspension bridge, inspiration for Nikola Tesla's discovery of the principle of alternating current, and the subject of Frederic Church's most celebrated landscape; a natural wonder that has bewitched generations of scientists, authors, and utopians, and stimulated innovations and social movements still casting long shadows. . surprising, rich and engrossing. -- Thurston Clarke, New York Times Book Review

Canadian historian Berton tells dozens of absorbing tales about the region and those who passed through it . He tells them all superbly, aided by essential maps and a few reproductions of posters advertising some of the more bizarre stunts. -- Publishers Weekly

Entertaining. . . . Berton brings to life the adventurers and dreamers, visionaries and industrialists, who over centuries have been drawn to the Falls. -- Maclean's

Berton at his storytelling best; there is something here for everyone. . a vintage, full-bodied read. -- The London Free Press

A book worth diving into. -- Calgary Herald

By turns ironic, amused, shocked, horrified and awestruck, Berton traces Niagara's history through the deeds of those who came in contact with it . all the while walking the fine line between detachment and emotion with agility and grace. -- The Whig-Standard (Kingston)

Pierre Berton was one of Canada's most popular and prolific authors, and is widely credited with popularizing Canadian history. His previous books include The Wild Frontier, Prisoners of the North, Klondike, The Invasion of Canada, and The Great Depression.

PIERRE BERTON was one of Canada's most popular and prolific authors. From narrative histories and popular culture, to picture and coffee table books to anthologies, to stories for children to readable, historical works for youth, many of his fifty books are now Canadian classics.

Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean's magazine, appeared on CBC's public affairs program Close-Up and was a permanent fixture on Front Page Challenge for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs.

Pierre Berton received over 30 literary awards including the Governor-General's Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour, and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, and the National History Society' s first award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history. For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he was awarded more than a dozen honourary degrees, is a member of the Newsman's Hall of Fame, and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Pierre Berton passed away in Toronto on November 30, 2004.

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ISBN 13	9780385659307
ISBN 10	038565930X
Titel	Niagara
Autor	Pierre Berton
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-09-10
Seitenanzahl	512
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