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Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper

Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper

Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper Paperback - 2004

by Paul E. Johnson

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper
  • Author Paul E. Johnson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0809083884I4N00
  • ISBN 9780809083886 / 0809083884
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002191306
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 3

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From the publisher

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.

First line

Sam Patch first saw Pawtucket in 1807, when he was seven years old.

About the author

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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