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  1. Queen of the Falls is about a 62-year-old woman named Annie Edson Taylor who remembers getting closer and closer to Niagara Falls with her father, entranced by the sight and sound of the water. Finally, as a 62-year-old, she goes over the falls in a wooden barrel, seeking fortune and fame.

    • Chris Van Allsburg
    • 2011
  2. Apr 4, 2011 · Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg tells the triumphed story of Annie Taylor, better known as the Queen of the Falls, and her journey over Niagara Falls in 1901. Annie Taylor, who started off as a charm school teacher, struggled to make ends meet.

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  3. Apr 4, 2011 · Any kid who has beheld Niagara Falls—or even taken a good look at pictures of it—will be suitably gobsmacked by the true story of charm-school teacher Annie Edson Taylor, who, at age 62, decided on a whim to fund her golden years by being the first person over the falls.

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  4. Queen of the Falls. Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 40 pages. Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring...

  5. Mar 7, 2019 · Queen of the Falls. Paperback – March 7, 2019. Sixty-two year old widow Annie Taylor runs a charm school, right by Niagara Falls. When this starts to fail, she resolves to find fame and fortune by being the first person ever to go over the thundering waters of Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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    • Chris Van Allsburg
  6. Apr 4, 2011 · At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the...

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  8. Apr 4, 2011 · This gorgeous, imaginative picture book is from two-time Caldecott winner Chris Van Allsburg, creator of Jumanji and The Polar Express. Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride! At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking ...

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