Niagara : (Record no. 15824)

000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 01885nam a2200241 a 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field ASIN0140270167
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20170105102926.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 131212s1998 xxu eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0140270167 (paperback)
Terms of availability $14.95
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780140270167 (paperback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency 0
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number F127.N8
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 971.339
Author Mark BER 1997
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Berton, Pierre.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Niagara :
Remainder of title a history of the falls /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Pierre Berton.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [S.l.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1998.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 416 p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Anthony Trollope's mother wept at the sight of it; Charles Dickens saw God in its rushing waters; and Harriet Beecher Stowe became so "maddened" by its beauty she contemplated flinging herself into the cascade. Few natural wonders have inspired the passions and the imaginations of so many as Niagara Falls, whose sublime beauty and awesome power have made it a magnet for statesmen and stuntmen, poets and poseurs, ordinary sightseers and exceptional visionaries. Popular historian Pierre Berton traces the history and allure of one of America's great natural phenomena. As Thurston Clarke noted in his front page New York Times Book Review , Berton "makes a serious and convincing case for Niagara's pivotal role in North American history.... His Niagara is a lodestar for North American culture and invention: site of the first railway suspension bridge, inspiration for Nikola Tesla's discovery of the principle of alternating current, and the subject of Frederic Church's most celebrated landscape; a natural wonder that has bewitched generations of scientists, authors, and utopians, and stimulated innovations and social movements still casting long shadows."
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element North America--Niagara Falls
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Amazon.com
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140270167/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140270167/chopaconline-20</a>
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type Book
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Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Permanent Location Current Location Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
          Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) General Stacks 10/02/2013   971.339 BER 1997 CIPS0002382 12/12/2013 12/12/2013 Book
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