Queen of the Mist CL

by Joan Murray

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807068527
• ISBN13: 9780807068526
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Required Reading

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!

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.

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

This is a book for all! Joan Murray has put into print what must certainly have been Annie Taylor's innermost thoughts and emotions.