An Advance Review Copy, first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in an equally Fine dust-jacket. Publishers' inserts laid in; Sam Patch is a hobbit who lives in a tree with his monkey friend, Jambi. One day, Sam is thrown out of the tree by a madman and he is forced to live on the streets. Sam becomes a street musician and his life takes a turn for the better.; 8vo; 361 pages; Price? ? ?

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Title: Sam Patch: Ballad of a Jumping Man - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Publisher: Franklin Watts, New York, Toronto
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0531150267
ISBN 13: 9780531150269
Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Edition: Advance Review Copy; First Printing.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Bruin, a tame bear, tells the story of his owner, Sam Patch, an adventurer in 1820s America

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Bruin, a bear prone to metaphysical speculation, narrates this engaging novel based on the career of stunt diver Sam Patch. The real Patch did train a bear to dive with him, but in Getz's account Bruin himself becomes the protagonist. After eluding Davy Crockett and learning to read books on phrenology, Bruin becomes Patch's devoted companion. Though surrounded by greed and chicanery, the two remain idealists. Patch repeatedly demonstrates the truth of his laconic saying, "Some things can be done as well as others"affirming, according to Bruin, the idea that how one performs a task is more important than quantitative measures of worth. Besides the metaphysics, this humorous book contains many memorable eccentrics on whom Bruin, as an outsider, provides a refreshing perspective. Albert E. Wilhelm, English Dept., Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville
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