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ISBN: 9782211220453
Sumérgete en la fascinante historia de Annie Edson Taylor, una institutriz de 62 años que, buscando fortuna y gloria, decide desafiar las imponentes cataratas del Niágara dentro de un barril. Acompaña a Annie en su audaz aventura, donde la determinación y el coraje la llevan a convertirse en la primera persona en realizar esta hazaña. Con ilustraciones evocadoras que transportan al lector a principios del siglo XX, este libro captura la emoción y el drama de un evento histórico inolvidable. Descubre cómo Annie, una mujer común, se convirtió en leyenda al enfrentarse a uno de los mayores espectáculos naturales del mundo.
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
