Reviews and Blog Posts: Niagara

By turns informative, amusing and horrifying, In the Mad Water takes readers on a journey through Niagara's tumultuous history, up to the turning of the millennium. Well-researched and written, Kriner wittily explores the influence of Niagara's great waters on the natural landscape and on the human psyche.

Cathy McClure is a bright child, growing up in a picturesque small town minutes from the thundering splendor of Niagara Falls. Sent to work full-time in her father's drug store by age four as a treatment for hyperactivity, Cathy is a child circulating in an adult world. Day-to-day life with...