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The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician

Presenting the amazing Harry Kellar! The first magician to receive international fame! The most well-known illusionist at the turn of the twentieth century! The model for the Wizard of Oz! 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.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 96
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781590788653
  • Genres
  • biography, magic, teen, juvenile
  • Release date
  • 2012