A Reply to 'The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin"
Author | : Maurice Sardina |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1950 |
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Author | : Maurice Sardina |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
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Author | : Maurice Sardina |
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Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 1950 |
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Author | : Harry Houdini |
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Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Juggling |
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Release | : 1908 |
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Author | : Maurice Sardina |
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Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Magicians |
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Author | : Paul Metzner |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2024-07-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520377400 |
During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
Author | : Robert-Houdin |
Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2008-01-14 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1434461920 |
"The Secrets of Stage Conjuring" is one of the rarest of Robert-Houdin's books on magic. It is the sequel to "Secrets of Conjuring and Magic" (1868).
Author | : Maurice SARDINA |
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Total Pages | : 123 |
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Author | : American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm) |
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Total Pages | : 1308 |
Release | : 1923 |
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Author | : Deborah Noyes |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 110161689X |
“Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent.”* A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm. The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself? Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond. *School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman