The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1590788656
ISBN 13
9781590788653
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Pages
96
Description
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 imageshis amazing four-color promotional postersto 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 séances. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
