Street magic : an illustrated history of wandering magicians and their conjuring arts / by Edward Claflin, in collaboration with Jeff Sheridan.
Claflin, Edward.; Sheridan, Jeff, 1948- author.
1977
GV1547 .C563
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Title Street magic : an illustrated history of wandering magicians and their conjuring arts / by Edward Claflin, in collaboration with Jeff Sheridan.
Author Claflin, Edward.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0385128649 (pbk.)
9780385128643
Imprint Garden City, N.Y. : Dolphin Books, 1977.
Language English
Description xii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Call Number GV1547 .C563
Dewey Decimal Classification 793.8
Summary STREET MAGIC is a romantic history of the world's most elusive conjurers-the itinerant magicians who, from ancient times to the present, have made the world their stage. Here are tales of the tribal shamans of North America, of Hindu fakirs and oriental illusionists, medieval mountebanks, European street jugglers, fairground hucksters, charlatans, mediums, and mystics. Also included are lively accounts of some of the legendary stage magicians who performed street magic as well (Robert-Houdin, Comte, Herrmann and Houdini), and a portrait of Jeff Sheridan, who today is one of the most popular performers in New York's Central Park. Illustrated with 133 photographs, paintings, etchings, and engravings, STREET MAGIC conjures up all the mystery and entertainment of the magical arts.--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index.
Added Author Sheridan, Jeff, 1948- author.
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Introduction
Tribal ways and ancient traces
Mysteries of the fakirs
Hindu tricks and wonders
Oriental fantasies
Jugglers, mountebanks and necromancers
Wandering magicians and their arts
Conjuring at the fair
State illusions and street diversions
The age of Houdini
Street magic and kindred spirits
Street magic today
Vanish
Selected annotated bibliography
Index.

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