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Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies
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Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies

by Ginger Strand

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Language English
Total Pages 337 pages
ISBN
9781416546566
Published
2008
Description
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...
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#history #nonfiction #education #pastanpresent
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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.
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