Lives of the Conjurers Volume Two

"Lives of the Conjurers, Volume Two" Biographies of magicians, mentalists, illusionists, prestidigitators, and fraudulent mediums of the past * CARDINI He seemed bewildered by his own magic * BLACKSTONE “The Last of the Great Magicians” * LEON MANDRAKE He wore a turban or a top hat —depending on the gig * DUNNINGER Was it true that the renowned mindreader couldn’t read the mind of a gnat? * DAVENPORT BROTHERS Their spirit cabinet brought them fame. But were they mediums or magicians? * PROFESSOR NEUMAN He had MISread a mind— and the police hauled him away * THE GREAT LESTER Did he have the exclusive rights to that name? * GEORGE MELIES A magician who transformed himself into a filmmaker * CHARLIER No one knew where he came from—or where he finally went * MAX MALINI He learned his trade as a youth, in a bar on the Bowery * MYRUS THE MENTALIST An ordinary fellow with extraordinary powers? * JOHN CALVERT At the age of a hundred he was still performing * DE SARAK Was he a Tibetan adept, with psychic powers, or an egregious fraud? * THE BANANA MAN From the pockets of his coat he pulled hundreds of bananas * PROFESSOR SOLOMON As promised, he produced an elephant (or at least its trunk) * DANTINI THE MAGNIFICENT Magician-in-residence at a Baltimore bar Illustrated.