Examples+of+Mavens+july+1928

Maven of July 1928 An example of a maven during this time was Jean Lussier. On July 4th he became the first person to go over the Niagara Falls in a rubber ball, he survived. The ball was ripped before he even went over the Falls, and several of the inner tubes ending up bursting, but he survived.

Many people followed Lussier act trying to re-create what he accomplished. George Stathakis, a Greek cook from Buffalo, lost his life in an l trip over the Horseshoe Falls on July 4, 1930. His barrel dropped and spun around in the backwash of the falls. He wasnt found till the next morning. Lloyd Hill and his brother had also attempted following Lussier, but they both lost their lifes. Even though many of people lost their lifes trying what Lussier had created, he was a teacher a maven. He tought and showed others what and how he accomplished going over the Falls. He was a teacher, he was sharing and trading what he knew. He connected everyone to the information he knew about.