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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 01 > A natural wonder artificially overwhelmed

A natural wonder artificially overwhelmed

Niagara Falls book has a great thesis, which is slowed by author’s narrative

By Tim Rutten / The Bulletin
June 1, 2008

“Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies”

by Ginger Strand (Simon & Schuster, 352 pgs., $25)

Ginger Strand has a great subject in Niagara Falls and some provocative and convincing ideas about her topic’s significance.

Unfortunately, her synthesis of the two....

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