The Silence Of Chung Ling Soo
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The Silence Of Chung Ling Soo
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Author : Todd Karr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Silence Of Chung Ling Soo written by Todd Karr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Magic tricks categories.
The Glorious Deception
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Author : Jim Steinmeyer
language : en
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Release Date : 2005
The Glorious Deception written by Jim Steinmeyer and has been published by Carroll & Graf Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fascinating chronicle of the great Chinese illusionist Chung Ling reveals his mastery of magic and his double life as an American passing himself off as Chinese, which was revealed when he died dodging bullets during his performance of "Defying the Bullets."
Performing Magic On The Western Stage
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Author : L. Hass
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-12-08
Performing Magic On The Western Stage written by L. Hass and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-08 with Performing Arts categories.
Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.
David Copperfield S History Of Magic
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Author : David Copperfield
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-10-26
David Copperfield S History Of Magic written by David Copperfield and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-26 with Photography categories.
An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield’s secret museum. In this personal journey through a unique and remarkable performing art, David Copperfield profiles twenty-eight of the world’s most groundbreaking magicians. From the 16th-century magistrate who wrote the first book on conjuring to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini, to the woman who levitated, vanished, and caught bullets in her teeth, David Copperfield’s History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of the greatest magicians in history. These magicians were all outsiders in their own way, many of them determined to use magic to escape the strictures of class and convention. But they all transformed popular culture, adapted to social change, discovered the inner workings of the human mind, embraced the latest technological and scientific discoveries, and took the art of magic to unprecedented heights. The incredible stories are complimented by over 100 never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Copperfield’s exclusive Museum of Magic, including a 16th-century manual on sleight of hand, Houdini’s straightjackets, handcuffs, and water torture chamber, Dante’s famous sawing-in-half apparatus, Alexander’s high-tech turban that allowed him to read people’s minds, and even some coins that may have magically passed through the hands of Abraham Lincoln. By the end of the book, you’ll be sure to share Copperfield’s passion for the power of magic.
Conjuring Asia
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Author : Chris Goto-Jones
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-07-14
Conjuring Asia written by Chris Goto-Jones and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-14 with Games & Activities categories.
This book charts the history of modern magic across India, China and Japan, analyzing representations in the cultural imagination of the West.
The Riddle Of Chung Ling Soo
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Author : Will Dexter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
The Riddle Of Chung Ling Soo written by Will Dexter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Magic tricks categories.
The Confabulist
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Author : Steven Galloway
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Release Date : 2014-04-29
The Confabulist written by Steven Galloway and has been published by Knopf Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with Fiction categories.
From the beloved, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, a beautiful, suspense-filled novel that uses the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini to weave a magical tale of intrigue, love and illusion. The Confabulist weaves together the life, loves and murder of the world's greatest magician, Harry Houdini, with the story of the man who killed him (twice): Martin Strauss, an everyday man whose fate was tied to the magician's in unforeseen ways. A cast of memorable characters spins around Houdini's celebrity-driven life, as they did in his time: from the Romanov family soon to be assassinated, to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the powerful heads of Scotland Yard, and the Spiritualists who would use whoever they could to establish their religion. A brilliant novel about fame and ambition, reality and illusion, and the ways that love, grief and imagination can alter what we perceive and believe.
Ching Ling Foo America S First Chinese Superstar
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Author : Samuel D. Porteous
language : en
Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-21
Ching Ling Foo America S First Chinese Superstar written by Samuel D. Porteous and has been published by Hybrid Global Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatest illusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians and acrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culture becoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915. Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.
The Last Greatest Magician In The World
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Author : Jim Steinmeyer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-02-03
The Last Greatest Magician In The World written by Jim Steinmeyer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here is the seminal biography of the magician's magician, Howard Thurston, a man who surpassed Houdini in the eyes of showmen and fans and set the standard fro how stage magic is performed today. Everyone knows Houdini-but who was Thurston? In this rich, vivid biography of the "greatest magician in the world," celebrated historian of stage magic Jim Steinmeyer captures the career and controversies of the wonder-worker extraordinaire, Howard Thurston. The public's fickleness over magicians has left Thurston all but forgotten today. Yet Steinmeyer shows how his story is one of the most remarkable in show business. During his life, from 1869 to 1936, Thurston successfully navigated the most dramatic changes in entertainment-from street performances to sideshows to wagon tours through America's still-wild West to stage magic amid the glitter of grand theaters. Thurston became one of America's most renowned vaudeville stars, boldly performing an act with just a handful of playing cards, and then had the foresight to leave vaudeville, expanding his show into an extravaganza with more than forty tons of apparatusand costumes. His touring production was an American institution for nearly thirty years, and Thurston earned a brand name equal to Ziegfeld or Ringling Brothers. Steinmeyer explores the stage and psychological rivalry between Thurston and Houdini during the first decades of the twentieth century- a contest that Thurston won. He won with a bigger show, a more successful reputation, and the title of America's greatest magician. In The Last Greatest Magician in the World, Thurston's magic show is revealed as the one that animates our collective memories.
Spirit Slate Writing And Kindred Phenomena
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Author : Chung Ling Soo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Spirit Slate Writing And Kindred Phenomena written by Chung Ling Soo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Automatic writing categories.