Books: by Title: Daring Niagara: 50 Death-Defying Stunts at the Falls
In recent years, there was Steven Trotter, an aspiring stunt
man who used a souped-up pickle barrel and packing used for
nuclear devices to challenge the fall's raw power. And there was
John Paul Munday, Just as millions of tourists clutch the railings and stick their heads into the cool mist, Niagara Falls historian Paul Gromosiak is out with Daring Niagara: 50 Death-Defying Stunts at the Falls, which offers a nail-biting look at the men and women who thumbed their noses at nature. The riveting text is filled with photographs that chronicle more than a century of daring feats. Paul Gromosiak, a former teacher in the Niagara Falls Public Schools, has written nine books on the falls, and is a popular speaker on the lecture circuit. ISBN: 1-879201-23-2
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Meet the daredevils who
barreled, boated and even bicycled to fame by tempting the mighty
Niagara.
There was Annie
Edson Taylor, the widowed schoolteacher who became the first
person in history to go over the falls in a barrel and live to
tell about it. She was dubbed the Heroine of the Horseshoe Falls.
a
former skydiving instructor who conquered the falls despite his
intense fear of water.
