The amazing Harry Kellar
Subtitle: great American magician
By: Gail Jarrow
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honesdale, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781590788653
Subjects: Magicians; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: This book follows Harry Kellar's career from his early days as a magician's assistant to his own international stardom at the turn of the twentieth century and discusses the science behind some of Kellar's tricks.

"Presenting the amazing Harry Kellar! The first magician to receive international fame! The most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century! The model for the Wizard of Oz! Author Gail Jarrow follows Kellar from a magician's assistant traveling and performing across the United States during the Civil War to an international superstar with a show of his own, entertaining emperors, kings, and presidents"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 8 and up.

Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 2 2 151710
Table of contents: title: The magic posters; title: Presenting...Harry Kellar!; title: The wizard casts his spell; title: The opening trick; title: The magician's apprentice; title: "In league with the devil"; title: The flying cage; title: Psycho; title: Growing roses; title: Fly-to; title: The levitation of Princess Karnac; title: The final bow.