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Hiding The Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible
Jim Steinmeyer
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Description for Hiding The Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible
Paperback. Presents a story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's legendary magicians: the personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fiendishly in the race to make things materialize, levitate and disappear. This book is the masterwork of a man who has dedicated his life to magic, who knows the tricks inside out, and still believes. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ASZG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
This is the story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's most legendary magicians: the eccentric personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fiendishly in the race to make things materialize, levitate and disappear.We meet Harry Kellar, the ruthless thief of secrets who was the model for the Wizard of Oz, and PT Selbit, the first man to saw a woman in half on stage.We meet John Nevil Maskelyne, whose Egyptian Theatre was a London institution for sixty years. Hiding the Elephant is the masterwork of a man who has dedicated his life to magic, who ... Read more
This is the story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's most legendary magicians: the eccentric personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fiendishly in the race to make things materialize, levitate and disappear.We meet Harry Kellar, the ruthless thief of secrets who was the model for the Wizard of Oz, and PT Selbit, the first man to saw a woman in half on stage.We meet John Nevil Maskelyne, whose Egyptian Theatre was a London institution for sixty years. Hiding the Elephant is the masterwork of a man who has dedicated his life to magic, who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099476641
SKU
V9780099476641
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Ref
99-42
About Jim Steinmeyer
Jim Steinmeyer has designed illusions for David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, Siegfried & Roy and Orson Welles, and for six Broadway shows including The Beauty and the Beast. A consultant for a six-part BBC documentary on the history of magic and producer of a Channel 4 documentary, he designed the illusions for Richard Eyre's Mary Poppins and is a contributing editor ... Read more
Reviews for Hiding The Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible
An extremely entertaining history of magic
Sunday Telegraph
Highly readable... fascinating... remarkable
The Mail
Steinmeyer's history of the golden age of stage magic was a dazzling read, and has given me a few ideas about how to keep the family entertained at Christmas
Matthew Sweet
Independent
A highly entertaining study of magic's Golden ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Highly readable... fascinating... remarkable
The Mail
Steinmeyer's history of the golden age of stage magic was a dazzling read, and has given me a few ideas about how to keep the family entertained at Christmas
Matthew Sweet
Independent
A highly entertaining study of magic's Golden ... Read more