Hiding the Elephant
Subtitle: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
Contributors: Teller (Foreword)
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: August 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780786714018
Subjects: Conjuring & magic; Performing Arts; Magic (Performing Arts); Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Performing Arts/Dance; Magic; History / Modern / General; General
First sentence: At the height of his career, during the longest continuous theatrical run of his lifetime, Harry Houdini boldly marched to the edge of the stage at the New York Hippodrome and propelled his voice across the footlights to an expectant crowd of 5200 people, announcing his newest headline-making innovation.