Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear by Jim Steinmeyer

Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear

Jim Steinmeyer

392 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
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Now in paperback comes Jim Steinmeyer's astonishing chronicle of half a century of illusionary innovation, backstage chicanery, and keen competition within the world of magicians. Lauded by today's finest magicians and critics, Hiding the Elephant...

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