Queen of the Mist The Forgotten Heroine of

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 know what to do with a mature and self-possessed heroine: Annie Taylor, as an 'older woman,' was rejected and exploited and finally eclipsed by the man who repeated her stunt ten years later.

I: THE CALL

Initiation

3

(1)

Expectations

3

(1)

The Phenomenon

4

(2)

Doing Cartwheels

6

(1)

A Woman's Options

7

(2)

A Long Preparation

9

(1)

Fiat!

10

(2)

Night Train

12

(5)

II: THE GATE

Arrival

17

(1)

A Toast

18

(2)

Maud Willard

20

(3)

Such Concern for Safety

23

(2)

``One of Mine''

25

(1)

Prodigals

26

(2)

The Mob

28

(2)

Carry Nation

30

(5)

III: THE DESCENT

``She's Coming!''

35

(1)

Descent

36

(2)

Return

38

(1)

Debriefing

39

(2)

Vandals

41

(1)

The Triumphal Procession

42

(3)

Visio Beatifica

45

(1)

Offerings

46

(5)

IV: THE ROAD

The Window

51

(2)

Merchandise

53

(2)

South to Spring

55

(1)

The Southern Exposition

56

(2)

The Woman-Cut-in-Half

58

(1)

The Coming of the Hero

59

(3)

Crawl on All Fours

62

(3)

Chivalry

65

(6)

V: THE QUEST

A Drama

71

(1)

Grail Quest

72

(2)

This Was the Man

74

(3)

Rematch

77

(2)

Maggie Kaplan

79

(2)

The Same (New) One

81

(2)

Solo Flight

83

(3)

Immutability Canto

86

(5)

VI: THE GOAL

Seed Time

91

(1)

Summer Days

92

(1)

The Second Coming

93

(3)

The Hermit of Niagara

96

(3)

In Principio

99

(2)

E Pluribus

101

(3)

Sic Transit

104

(3)

Last Days

107

(4)

Acknowledgments

111

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