Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
Autor Jim Steinmeyer Cuvânt înainte de T. Elleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 sep 2004
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
legendary
conjurers
to
make
things
materialize,
levitate,
and
disappear.
Steinmeyer
unveils
the
secrets
and
life
stories
of
the
fascinating
personalities
behind
optical
marvels
such
as
floating
ghosts
interacting
with
live
actors,
disembodied
heads,
and
vanishing
ladies.
He
demystifies
Pepper's
Ghost,
Harry
Kellar's
Levitation
of
Princess
Karnak,
Charles
Morritt's
Disappearing
Donkey,
and
Houdini's
landmark
vanishing
of
Jennie
the
elephant
in
1918.
The
dramatic
mix
of
science
and
history,
with
revealing
diagrams,
photographs
and
magicians'
portraits
by
William
Stout,
provides
a
glimpse
behind
the
curtain
at
the
backstage
story
of
magic.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780786714018
ISBN-10: 0786714018
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 65 diagrams, photographs, and portraits
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0786714018
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 65 diagrams, photographs, and portraits
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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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.
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.