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Children's Fiction Hockey

Daredevil Over Niagara

by (author) Brain McFarlane & Brian McFarlane

Publisher
Fenn Publishing Company Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jul 2005
Category
Hockey
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551682754
    Publish Date
    Jul 2005
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

In the summer of 1860, Willie Hunt, a young Canadian from Port Hope, Ontario, journeyed to Niagara Falls where he performed incredible deeds high on a tightrope over the river linking Canada with the United States. Hunt, who was billed as The Great Farini, engaged in a number of breathtaking duels with his archrival Blondin, the famous French ropewalker, high above the gorge. The two men risked their lives with every bold step they took along their swaying ropes. In Daredevil Over Niagara, Max Mitchell, an amateur ropewalker, his brother Marty, and their friend Trudy Reeves, take a trip down the River of Time to Niagara Falls where they become friends with The Great Farini and witness his breathtaking triumphsand his final death-defying stunt, one so perilous it leads Farini to the very brink of the American Falls.

About the authors

Brain McFarlane's profile page

BRIAN McFARLANE is a media member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and known as one of Canada's foremost hockey historians and writers. For 25 years, he was a commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. He has written more than 50 books on hockey, including The Mitchell Brothers series-a young adult series for hockey mysteries.

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