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The true history of a legendary American folk hero In the 1820s, a fellow named Sam Patch grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, working there (when he wasn't drinking) as a mill hand for one of America's new textile companies. Sam made a name for himself one day by jumping seventy feet into the tumultuous waters below Pawtucket Falls. When in 1827 he repeated the stunt in Paterson, New Jersey, another mill town, an even larger audience gathered to cheer on the daredevil they would call the "Jersey Jumper." Inevitably, he went to Niagara Falls, where in 1829 he jumped not once but twice in front of thousands who had paid for a good view. The distinguished social historian Paul E. Johnson gives this deceptively simple story all its deserved richness, revealing in its characters and social settings a virtual microcosm of Jacksonian America. He also relates the real jumper to the mythic Sam Patch who turned up as a daring moral hero in the works of Hawthorne and Melville, in London plays and pantomimes, and in the spotlight with Davy Crockett—a Sam Patch who became the namesake of Andrew Jackson's favorite horse. In his shrewd and powerful analysis, Johnson casts new light on aspects of American society that we may have overlooked or underestimated. This is innovative American history at its best.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Paul E. Johnson |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Release |
: 2004-06-16 |
File |
: 300 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781429931953 |
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Stunts of Late Nineteenth- Century New York: Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness examines the emergence of stunts in the media, politics, sport and art of New York at the turn of the twentieth century. This book investigates stunts in sport, media and politics, demonstrating how these risky performances tapped into anxieties and fantasies concerning work, freedom, gendered/ raced/ classed bodies and the commodifi cation of human life. Its case studies examine bridge jumping, extreme walking contests, stunt journalists such as Nellie Bly, and cycling feats including Annie Londonderry’s round- the- world venture. Supported by extensive archival research and Performance Studies theorisations of precarity, liveness and surrogation, Smith theorises an under- examined form which is still prevalent in art, politics and commerce, to show what stunts reveal about value, risk and human life. Suitable for scholars and practitioners across a range of subjects, from Performance Studies to gender studies, to media studies, Stunts of Late Nineteenth- Century New York explores how stunts turned everyday precarity into a spectacle.
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Genre |
: Art |
Author |
: Kirstin Smith |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2019-08-19 |
File |
: 328 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780429632273 |
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Genre |
: Connecticut |
Author |
: Henry Brewster Stanton |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1886 |
File |
: 170 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015030743069 |
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Genre |
: Swimming |
Author |
: Catherine Odlum |
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: |
Release |
: 1885 |
File |
: 220 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:$B513088 |
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Genre |
: New York (State) |
Author |
: S. S. Colt |
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: |
Release |
: 1871 |
File |
: 348 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PRNC:32101072316886 |
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Genre |
: New York (State) |
Author |
: Mrs. S. S. Colt |
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: |
Release |
: 1872 |
File |
: 324 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89073037087 |
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: United States |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 2007 |
File |
: 470 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105123420874 |
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Genre |
: Americanisms |
Author |
: Richard Hopwood Thornton |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1962 |
File |
: 446 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015042108624 |
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Genre |
: Art museums |
Author |
: Jenny Marsh Parker |
Publisher |
: Rochester, N.Y. : Scrantom, Wetmore |
Release |
: 1884 |
File |
: 538 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PSU:000013552701 |
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: |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 1892 |
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: 652 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015086611731 |