SAM PATCH Ballad of a Jumping Man

GETZ, WILLIAM

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ISBN 10: 0531150267 ISBN 13: 9780531150269

Published by FRANKLIN WATTS, NY, 1986

Language: English

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Title

SAM PATCH Ballad of a Jumping Man

Publisher

FRANKLIN WATTS, NY

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0531150267

ISBN 13

9780531150269

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

VG+

Signed

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR

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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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