Queen of the Mist: The Forgotten Heroine of Niagara

This novel-in-verse tells the fascinating story of Annie Taylor, who, in 1901, became the first person to plunge over the brink of Niagara Falls in a barrel. But as Joan Murray reveals, America didn't know what to do with a mature and self-possessed heroine: Annie Taylor, as an 'older woman, ' was rejected and exploited and finally eclipsed by the man who repeated her stunt ten years later.

• | Author: Joan Murray
• | Publisher: Beacon Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0807068578
• | ISBN-13: 9780807068571