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 kno[...]
Now in paperback, the acclaimed biography of the magician's magician, Howard Thurston. "There is no greater expert on the history of stage magicians than Jim Steinmeyer. His deep knowledge of the subject, combined with a remarkable mastery of magical know-how, makes this book a smart, fantastic read[...]
A biography of Charles Fort, the 20th century's premier chronicler of the paranormal. This book provides the impetus for public interest in mysterious phenomena - he coined the word 'teleportation', gathered accounts of spontaneous human combustion, monsters, poltergeists, and what became known as U[...]
Now in paperback comes Jim Steinmeyer's astonishing chronicle of half a century of illusionary innovation, backstage chicanery, and keen competition within the world of magicians. Lauded by today's finest magicians and critics, Hiding the Elephant is a cultural history of the efforts among legendar[...]
Killed in 1918 while performing his renowned illusion, Defying the Bullets, Chung Ling Soo's myriad deceptions began unraveling: He was really William Ellsworth Robinson, a former magicians' assistant. But for nearly a century, a swirl of more sinister secrets has surrounded him. For the first time,[...]