TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Jacob
TI  - The thrill makers: celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance 
SN  - 9780520270893
AV  - PN1995.9.S7 SMI 
PY  - 2012///
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Stunt performers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Daredevils
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The adventures of the bridge jumper -- The adventures of the human fly -- The adventures of the lion tamer -- The adventures of the aeronaut -- Conclusion
N2  - Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats--jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals--had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to watch them
ER  -