Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Da Capo Press (2006), Edition: 1, 204 pages
Description
From the author of Hiding the Elephant and The Glorious Deception comes a collection of five essays that shows how the great stage illusions were integrally products of their time, based on the traditions and fashions of the people, and the offspring of the incredible, inventive personalities who brought them to the stage. Like no other author, Jim Steinmeyer gives us insight into the timeless appeal of magic. His human subjects include such characters as Steele MacKaye, Maskelyne, David Devant, P.T. Selbit, Horace Goldin, and Charles Morritt. Illusions he discusses include: The Mascot Moth, Sawing a Lady in Halves, and Morritt's Disappearing Donkey.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
204 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0786718064 / 9780786718061
Similar in this library
Magic: Stage Illusions, Special Effects and Trick Photography (Dover Magic Books) by Albert A. Hopkins
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear by Jim Steinmeyer
The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer by Jim Steinmeyer
The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation (Dover Magic Books) by S. W. Erdnase
The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards by Jim Steinmeyer