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Language: English
Published by Da Capo Press, 2005
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- Title
- The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer
- Author
- Jim Steinmeyer
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 078671512X
- ISBN 13
- 9780786715121
- Item weight
- 1.68 pounds
A chronicle of Chinese illusionist Chung Ling Soo reveals his mastery of magic and his double life as an American passing himself off as Chinese, which was revealed when he died dodging bullets during his performance of "Defying the Bullets.".
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Book Description
Master illusion designer and today's foremost magic historian Jim Steinmeyer unveils the life, times, and tragic death of magic's most mysterious performer in what Teller calls "a true detective story and a sparkling cultural history"
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