David Shulman has been gathering material on Brodie for several years,
and I believe is intending a book.  My last address for him was an old-
folk's home in Brooklyn, and I see that I don't even have that to
hand.  If there is an interest, I can get the address, though.  His
conclusion is that Brodie did in fact make the jump.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

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Date: Monday, May 6, 2002 1:16 pm
Subject: modern account of Steve Brodie, bridge jumper?

> I can't seem to find a modern book or journal article with good
> research on
> Steve Brodie, the Brooklyn Bridge jumper who made a career out of his
> (putative) brave leap in 1886.  Am I missing something?  Or was
> this scam
> artist just too illusory for any factual account?
>
> Christopher Gray
> "Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate Section
> The New York Times
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