Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible by Jim Steinmeyer

Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible

Jim Steinmeyer

362 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
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In 1918 Harry Houdini performed a single illusion that has been hotly debated ever since: he made a live elephant disappear on stage. How did he do it? The answer lies in this dazzling tale of innovation, chicanery and keen competition that is the...

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