{"id":2071,"date":"2013-09-28T18:55:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T22:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calla2.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2013-09-28T18:55:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T22:55:23","slug":"the-kite-that-bridged-two-nations-homan-walsh-and-the-first-niagara-suspension-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-kite-that-bridged-two-nations-homan-walsh-and-the-first-niagara-suspension-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kite That Bridged Two Nations: Homan Walsh and the First Niagara Suspension Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2072\" alt=\"alexis\" src=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexis-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexismarsha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2073\" alt=\"alexismarsha\" src=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexismarsha-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexismaus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2074\" alt=\"alexismaus\" src=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/alexismaus-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>It was a pleasure to attend Alexis O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s book launch! As I waited in the long lineup for autographs, I read The Kite That Bridged Two Nations. Well done, Alexis! Lushly illustrated and lots of good action in the story. A great way to highlight a unique historical event. I love the fact that this is a meaty story-focused picture book &#8212; 40 pages long and very approachable for reluctant readers in addition to book-a-holics.<\/p>\n<p>Want to buy it? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Kite-that-Bridged-Two-Nations\/dp\/1590789385\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1380408825&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+kite+that+bridged+two+nations\">Here&#8217;s <\/a>the Amazon.ca page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasure to attend Alexis O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s book launch! As I waited in the long lineup for autographs, I read The Kite That Bridged Two Nations. Well done, Alexis! Lushly illustrated and lots of good action in the story. A great way to highlight a unique historical event. I love the fact that this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-kite-that-bridged-two-nations-homan-walsh-and-the-first-niagara-suspension-bridge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Kite That Bridged Two Nations: Homan Walsh and the First Niagara Suspension Bridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}