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The advertisement for daredevil Sam Patch's fatal last jump. Sam Patch (1799 [1] – November 13, 1829; some sources believed his birth year to be 1807) was known as "The Jersey Jumper", "The Daring Yankee", [2] or the "Yankee Leaper" [3] became the first famous American daredevil after successfully jumping from a raised platform into the Niagara River near the base of Niagara Falls in 1829.
Paterson is an epic poem by American poet William Carlos Williams published, in five volumes, from 1946 to 1958. The origin of the poem was an eighty-five line long poem written in 1926, after Williams had read and been influenced by James Joyce 's novel Ulysses .
PATERSON — Tom Fuscaldo, who died last month at age 94, was well-known in the city as an oddball and rabble-rouser. He is remembered for his gadgets, quirks and misadventures, from a failed run ...
Paterson (automobile), a car built by the W. A. Paterson Company from 1909-23 Paterson (film) , a 2016 drama starring Adam Driver Paterson (poem) , by American poet William Carlos Williams
PATERSON — In the basement of St. Paul’s Church on Broadway, there almost always are openings among the 40 beds at the shelter for homeless men, even in the middle of winter.. Meanwhile, just ...
The unique history of the Great Falls and the city were described in the five-volume philosophical poem Paterson by William Carlos Williams. Among the episodes described in Williams' poem is the 1827 leap over the falls by Sam Patch, who later became the first known person to perform a stunt at Niagara Falls.
PATERSON — Former Paterson cop Spencer Finch was acquitted Thursday of all five criminal charges filed against him in a 2021 scuffle with a man involved in a domestic dispute.. The verdict ...
Paterson was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palm Dog Award. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was released in Germany on November 17, 2016, by K5 International; in France on December 21, 2016, by Le Pacte ; and in the United States on December 28, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street .