Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete Expose of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc ( - Hardcover

Harry Houdini

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033146764X ISBN 13: 9780331467642

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods<br/><br/>So I do not feel that I need to apologize for adding another volume to the shelves of works dealing with the marvels of the miracle mongers. My business has given me an in timate knowledge of stage illusions, together with many years of experience among show people of all types. My familiarity with the former, and what I have learned of the psy chology of the latter, has placed me at a cer tain advantage in uncovering the natural ex planation of feats that to the ignorant have seemed supernatural. And even if my readers are too well informed to be interested in my descriptions of the methods of the various per formers who have seemed to me worthy of at tention in these pages, I hope they will find some amusement in following the fortunes and misfortunes of all manner of strange folk who once bewildered the wise men of their day. If I have accomplished that much, I shall feel Mply repaid for my labor....

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033146764X
• ISBN 13: 9780331467642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261