A magazine journalist goes out among people who risk their necks for a living and writes down what they tell him. Steeple Bob explains how a spire is topped with dynamite, divers describe the graveyard of wrecks off New York, a balloonist shows off his balloon farm, and locomotive crews take a heavy train over a mountain divide. Moffett even dons a diving suit himself.
Lively reportage from around 1900 for anyone who likes true stories of nerve and hazardous trades. Download the free EPUB.