Download or read book The Flight of the Union written by Tekla White and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the story of Homan Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in 1847 successfully flew a kite over the Niagara River from Canada to the United States, enabling work to begin on a suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.