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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Strand, Ginger Gail.
  Inventing Niagara: beauty, power, and lies/by Ginger Strand.
       p. cm.
  1. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)—Social life and customs. 2. Niagara Falls
(N.Y. and Ont.)—History. 3. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)—Description and
travel. 4. Tourism—Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)—History. 5. Strand, Ginger
Gail—Travel—Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.). I. Title.

F127.N8S825    2008
304.209713'39—dc22            2007040290

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-6481-2
ISBN-10: 1-4165-6481-0

Material in this book has appeared previously in The Believer, Orion, and the anthology The Future of Nature.

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