A review by chewdigestbooks
King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara by Donna Janell Bowman

5.0

This was adorable for so many reasons. There was the history of the falls and the Great Blondin, which harkened back to Houdini for me for some reason. (similar era, daring?) It wasn't the old story of the yahoo going over in a barrel and he took everything seriously, especially his safety. There was the great buildup of Blondin's story and how trapeze artists learn their craft and then how he surpassed them.

Now, before you go thinking, is this going to make my kid going to run over to the falls and think he or she can do it too? No, The book makes it pretty obvious that not only was this an innate talent from birth, he trained, took safety precautions and got permissions from both sides of the falls for his feet.

It was wonderful and I wish I could have seen it.