The Amazing Harry Kellar
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Presenting the amazing Harry Kellar: the first magician to receive international fame and the model for the Wizard of Oz!
In this illustrated biography of the most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century, 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 images—his amazing four-color promotional posters—to 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.
In this illustrated biography of the most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century, 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 images—his amazing four-color promotional posters—to 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.
- Alaotsikko
- Great American Magician
- Kirjailija
- Jarrow Gail
- ISBN
- 9781590788653
- Kieli
- englanti
- Paino
- 714 grammaa
- Julkaisupäivä
- 1.6.2012
- Kustantaja
- Astra Publishing House
- Sivumäärä
- 96
