Author(s): Gail Jarrow
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 96
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2012-06-01
Dimensions: 216 x 286 x 17.78mm
Publication City/Country: Honesdale, United States
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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. Jarrow uses Kellar's own words and images--his amazing four-color promotional posters--to tell his riveting story in this first Kellar biography for young readers. And she reveals the science behind Kellar's illusions and explores nineteenth-century entertainment and transportation as well as the history of magic, spiritualism, and s ances.