Johnson Paul E. - Sam Patch The Famous Jumper - Paperback Chillers (Children's / Teenage) Barcode: 760137100393

Barcode: 760137100393

Barcode: 9780520284531

Barcode: 9780140439243

Author(s): Somner Lillian

For readers new to Christie's mysteries and for life - long fans of Hercule Poirot Miss Marple and Tommy and Tuppence eitherfrom classic Christie novels like Murder on the Orient Express or fromthe popular Masterpiece Theater adaptations Curran's discoveries will shapehow Christie is read

Johnson Paul E. - Sam Patch The Famous Jumper - Paperback Chillers (Children's / Teenage) Barcode: 760137100393Binding: Paperback Description: 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