New book in press April 25th, 2011
Did you know that in 1827 50,000 tourists gathered at Niagara Falls to watch a schooner full of animals–including a “sagacious” black bear–plunge over the Falls and into the boiling waters below? This is just one of many topics examined in a book I’m currently co-editing with my friend Julia Wright of Dalhousie University. Entitled Transatlantic Literary Exchanges […]
