Queen of the Mist: The Forgotten Heroine of Niagara
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Book Overview
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807068578
ISBN13:9780807068571
Release Date:April 2000
Publisher:Beacon Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Required Reading
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Joan Murray deconstructs the boundary between poetry and science, biography, tourism, history, womens' studies. I am a college instructor and plan on using Murray's book of poems in an essay-writing course next year. She has written a stunning, subtle, believable book and has created a new genre.
compelling! murray choreographs language exquisitely!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
i read murray's poetic and lively journey of annie taylor in one sitting. it was breathtaking, honest and all too real. Taylor was centuries ahead of her time. Her major flaw was that she believed that her feat would transcend gender. Murray's book should be taught in every grammar school so that children of all genders can exerience the world of realizing one's imaginative and so daringly creative forces. RUN OUT AND GET THIS BOOK! I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN UNTIL THE LAST GASPING PAGE!
Richly powerful poetry with the pace of an adventure tale.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
With passion and compassion, Joan Murray gives Annie Taylor a voice and makes her a heroine, a woman of courage, who did what she had to do to survive. My colleague Jack and I both read this book about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and we each read it in a single sitting--very unusual for a book of poetry. But this is an unusually compelling book. Highly recommended.
a wonderful and personalinsight of Annie Taylor's life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is a book for all! Joan Murray has put into print what must certainly have been Annie Taylor's innermost thoughts and emotions.
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