Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper - Hardcover

Johnson, Paul E.

 
9780809083893: Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper

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Traces the achievements of waterfall jumper Sam Patch, noting his famous jump in Paterson, New Jersey, which led to his being dubbed the "Jersey Jumper;" as well as his two-time jump in Niagara Falls, in an account that offers an analysis of American cultural history in the 1820s.

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Paul E. Johnson, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina, is the author of A Shopkeeper’s Millennium (H&W, 1978) and co-author, with Sean Wilentz, of The Kingdom of Matthias. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and Onancock, Virginia.

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