Hiding The Elephant - Hardcover

Steinmeyer, Jim

 
9780434013258: Hiding The Elephant
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0434013250 ISBN 13: 9780434013258
Verlag: William Heinemann Ltd, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

In 1918 Harry Houdini performed a single illusion that has been hotly debated ever since: he made a live elephant disappear on stage. How did he do it? The answer lies in this dazzling tale of innovation, chicanery and keen competition that is the backstage story of the golden age of magic. Hiding the Elephant chronicles the race among history's most legendary conjurers to make things levitate and disappear. A master illusionist and captivating storyteller, Steinmeyer introduces us to the eccentric personalities behind floating ghosts, disembodied heads and vanishing ladies and takes us backstage to reveal the mechanics of their mysteries. He carries us to a time when Queen Victoria held private seances and all of England believed in magic.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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 forthcoming BBC documentary on the history of magic and producer of a Channel 4 documentary, he is currently working on Richard Eyre's Mary Poppins and is a contributing editor of Magic magazine.

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Verlag
William Heinemann Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0434013250
ISBN 13 
9780434013258
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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