Vernon Chronicles Volume 4 - eBook DOWNLOAD

Welcome back to the wild ride that is Dai Vernon’s life, chronicled in the fourth volume of the Vernon Chronicles. This isn’t just your average anecdotal biography; it’s a backstage pass to the life of the man who would become the Resident Magician at the legendary Magic Castle. Picture yourself sharing a drink with Dai as he spins tales that only a lifetime in magic can produce. This isn't just history; it's magic lore that will have you nodding in recognition and perhaps even taking some notes for your own act.

With 67 historical photographs and 326 pages of pure storytelling gold, Keith Burns and Bruce Cervon have crafted a narrative that’s as engaging as it is informative. You’ll get to know Dai through his own lens, from early memories to his Hollywood escapades and everything in between. If you think you know everything about magic, think again. This is the story of Dai Vernon, the greatest natural magician the world has ever seen. Buckle up; this is going to be a journey worth taking!

• Foreword by Richard Buffum
• Introduction
• Magic's Past and Future
• My First Hundred Years

PART ONE 1896 - 1916

• I Try to Fly and Other Early Memories
• My Father's Principles for Life
• My Father and My First Magic Tricks
• My First Playing Cards
• Learning about Silhouettes
• My First Magician
• Going Backstage
• Some Thoughts on Thurston
• My First Trip to the Pawn Shop
• Mother and Magic
• The Carnegie Library in Ottawa
• Magic Books
• My Attack on Magic
• Practice
• Know the Terms
• You Should be an Engineer
• Cliff Green
• New York and Coney Island
• Carny Games
• Carnival Talk
• Larry Grey, the Dizzy Wizard
• My Brother Napier and the Army

PART TWO 1917 - 1939

• New York 1917
• New York's Magic Shops
• Powers' Magic Shop
• Harry Kellar and Thurston
• The Short Card
• Doc Elliott, He Played with a Full Deck
• The Inner Circle
• "Just Think of a Card ... "
• "The Tricks of the Greeks"
• Gamblers
• The Three Card Monte
• The Masked Man. One of My Heroes
• Hofzinser. Another of My Heroes
• On Using Trick Cards
• Jeanne Comes into My Life
• Women in Magic
• Nate Leipzig
• My First Professional Engagement
• The Union League Club
• Cardini
• Doc Tarbell
• Jud Cole
• Horace Goldin and the Unusual Cane
• Alfred Benzone. "Originator of Ectoplasm"
• The Man Who Fooled Vernon
• Malini's Misdirection
• Malini. Still Another Hero
• Malini and the Queen
• On Meeting Thomas Edison
• Silhouettes and Agents
• Mr. Houdini and Madame Houdin
• More Memories of Harry Houdini
• Houdini and Spiritualism
• Ted "Male" Vernon
• Cuba
• Sawing a Woman in Half in Cuba
• My Black Magic in Cuba
• Sam Margules and Dickie the Dunce
• Mentalists
• Touring America
• Jarrow and Van Hoven
• Dai Yen or Dr Chung
• Fred Keating
• Mr. Shock and the Rubber Bands
• Dad Stevens - "The Mysterious Kid"
• The Fabulous Center Deal
• Charlie Miller. "I'm a Dice Man"
• My Life as Edward Brown
• J. Warren Keane
• William J. Hilliar
• Harry Blackstone
• Vernon in Print
• Jean Hugard
• The Wonderful Faro Box
• Paul Fox and FDR
• Neepie
• The Cigarette Trick
• Frank Tobey's Gambling Furniture
• Garnet Lee. the Chinaman's Toy
• Secrets
• Australian Slang
• Effects Defined
• Entertaining the Rich
• The Linking Rings
• My Brother Napier Dies

PART THREE 1939 - 1963

• My Harlequin Act
• Doves Steal the Show at the Rainbow Room
• Compeer. the Monkey
• How I Became "The Professor"
• Fu Manchu
• The Mind-Reading Box
• On the Same Bill with Charlie Chaplin
• Dante
• Sam Horowitz Becomes Me!
• From Blueprints to Broken Arms
• Citizenship
• Shade
• With the USO in World War II
• Dan Cummings
• Milbourne Christopher and the Cuban Lottery
• Annemann's Bullet Catch
• Annemann's Suicide
• Roy Benson
• On Being Natural
• Cruising
• A Couple of Funny Moments
• The Old Vaudeville Formula
• Old Cards...New Cards
• Authority
• The Father of the Modern Lecture Series
• Great Tricks
• Simple Ideas Drive People Crazy
• "A Pocket Trick"
• How to be Effective
• Classics
• An Original Thought
• Art in the Craft
• Traveling Magicians
• Through the Looking-Glass
• The Pass
• On Performing
• What's Wrong with Magic
• My Family
• Afterword

INDEX

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