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SCOUT· 26%49m·2019-07-11·History#294 That Daredevil Steve Brodie, 'King of the Bowery'
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
EPISODE 294: A tale of the 'sporting life' of the Bowery from the 1870s and 80s. A former newsboy named Steve Brodie grabs the country's attention by leaping off the Brooklyn Bridge on July 23, 1886. Or did he? The story of Steve Brodie has all the ingredients of a Horatio Alger story. He worked the streets as a…
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