Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear Larry Edell who has spent decades living

who has spent decades living among First Nations people seeking to understand Native American culture

ISBN10: 0393303055

Stephen Dorff

and to celebrate its survivors

Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear Larry Edell who has spent decades livingNow 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 is a cultural history of the efforts among legendary conjurers to make things materialize, levitate, and disappear. Steinmeyer unveils the secrets and life stories of the fascinating personalities behind