" Overcoming Niagara is an important book that addresses an often-overlooked part of New York State history. While hundreds of books have been written about the Erie Canal and Niagara Falls, very few have addressed the interconnection of the Niagara-Great Lakes region. Readers and scholars interested in New York history will find this study valuable and worthy of their attention." -- New York History ".the historical research is excellent and the grounding in primary sources is impressive. Dozens of printed travel accounts, guidebooks, newspapers, government reports, and manuscript sources in both Ontario and New York archives lay a solid foundation for this project. Larkin has written an important book that enriches our understanding of Niagara Falls tourism, the first American tourism destination." -- Journal of Tourism History "Well-written and cogently argued, Larkin's book is a welcome addition to a small body of scholarship that argues for the importance of a Great Lakes and transnational perspective in Ontario history.

" -- Ontario History " Overcoming Niagara is . borderlands history at its finest: it takes a familiar subject and, in the words of the great borderlands historian David Weber, 'makes it strange.' Specialists and nonspecialists alike stand to learn much from this readable and well-executed study." -- CHOICE.