Hulbert, Archer Butler "The Niagara River" [G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908]

HULBERT, Archer Butler. The Niagara River.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First edition. 9.75" x 7", xiii + 319pp + 6pp publishers catalog. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt. Light rubbing and a few small marks to cloth, mild wear at spine ends, gilt bright and attractive. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates and maps, including dramatic views of the Falls, the Cave of the Winds, Goat Island Rapids, and other landmarks along the river. Rear hinge starting. Very Good.

Archer Butler Hulbert's historical and geographical study of the Niagara River, examining the waterway's role in exploration, transportation, military history, commerce, and tourism. Moving from the earliest Native American and French accounts through the colonial and nineteenth-century periods, Hulbert traces the strategic importance of the river corridor while documenting the natural features that made Niagara one of North America's most celebrated landscapes.