10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEEPLEJACK»
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steeplejack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
steeplejack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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James Gibbons Huneker, 2008
As steeplejacking became a recognized and growing trade that uses specialized
techniques, some form of training was deemed necessary before laborers could
be of any use to a steeplejack employer, so just after the First World War the First
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SteepleJack Beer or The Park People turn into chipmunks sometimes I don't
know if they're crazy about nuts or what. The park is a big one, so many things
can happen Sometimes the mosquitos will refuse to bite you too. I don't know why
...
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Extraordinary Jobs for Adventurers
SteeplejackSteeplejack 115 Nick America, steeplejack I get to go places very few
other people ever get to go,” says steeplejack Nick America, whose work often
finds him high off the ground—about 250 feet up if he's working on a church ...
Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, 2009
In the controversial case of McWilliams v Sir William Arrol (1962), a steeplejack
had fallen and been gravely injured while climbing a tall chimney. At the time of
the accident, he was not, as he should have been, wearing a safety belt.
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Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film
one of the nation's most prominent art critics, entitled his two-volume memoirs
Steeplejack (1920). He commenced his autobiographical account with a
declaration that equated the profession with unparalleled aspiration and pointed
to its ...
"CLIMBS" DOWN SKYSCRAPER BY FINGER AND TOE John Hassler, a
steeplejack of Philadelphia, recently astonished the citizens of that town by
descending on the face of an 18-story building, without mechanical assistance of
any sort, ...
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James Gibbons Huneker, Critic of the Seven Arts
Our country first"74 — there was nothing in Steeplejack that could be called "100
per cent Americanism," and the single war issue mentioned in the page-and-a-
half section on Hune- ker's visit to Oyster Bay was Roosevelt's remark concerning
...
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The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance
27 Indeed, for some commentators the heroic feats of the steeplejack were an
antidote to the dehumanization of modern industrial life. The author of a 1926
article on the history of steeplejacks argued that the ultimate goal of “mechanical
...
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Fred Dibnah: Order of the British Empire,
Steeplejack, ...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEEPLEJACK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
steeplejack is used in the context of the following news items.
Steeple Jack Festival will features concerts by Nash and Stone
The Steeple Jack Festival in Herbert returns on Aug. ... in Mortlach, won't be the only noted singer with a dynamite voice at the Steeplejack Festival this year. «Southwest Booster, Jul 15»
Clutton steeplejack's vintage photographs reveal century of local …
A steeplejack from Clutton has been looking back through his family ... Dawson's Steeplejacks have seen six generations of the same family taking up the trade ... «Somerset Guardian, Jul 15»
Steeplejack making short work of tall job
FRYEBURG — Steeplejack Robert Morgan likes to say he goes to church six and a half days a week — six to work on church steeple repairs and restoration, the ... «Conway Daily Sun, Jul 15»
Steeplejack Jim Phelan fixes our grand old flagpoles
Happy July Fourth Eve, in preparation for which Jim Phelan has been hard at work. Phelan's a third-generation steeplejack — his son will be fourth — and July ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
Steeplejack doing extensive work at Monson Community Church
The third-generation steeplejack has been doing major renovations to Monson Community Church, and he hopes to complete the job in a few weeks. «Bangor Daily News, Oct 14»
Hopes high for a steeplejack trainer
Hopes high for a steeplejack trainer. Date published: 15 August 2014. GREENACRES could soon be home to a new training facility for steeplejacks. Permission ... «Oldham Chronicle, Aug 14»
Steeplejack's death-defying demolition of Colnebridge Mills
The recent All Our Yesterdays feature about Colnebridge's vanished past brought memories flooding back for one local steeplejack who was part of a team ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 14»
Steeplejack firm founder Sam Rafferty battled 'survivor's guilt' after D …
But the man who went on to found Tunstall-based steeplejacks firm Rafferty was deeply affected by his service with the 6th Airborne Division during the war, ... «Stoke Sentinel, May 14»
Fred Dibnah's widow promotes tribute to much-loved steeplejack
Fred Dibnah's widow, Sheila, attends Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon to promote her book, A Cast Iron Will. She is pictured by her late ... «The Northern Echo, Apr 14»
Career ladder: Steeplejack Brian Rainey on why fear is a healthy …
After years of working for family, the former tennis coach says it's been tough building up the steeplejack and rope access services firm from scratch but he loves ... «Belfast Telegraph, Mar 14»
