Vernon Chronicles Volume 4 - eBook DOWNLOAD

Ever fancied sitting down with one of the greatest natural magicians ever? Well, grab a cuppa and dive into this anecdotal biography that trails Dai Vernon from his birth through to his Hollywood days in 1963, culminating in his role as the Resident magician at the iconic Magic Castle. You'll feel like you're right there with Dai, soaking up the tales and experiences that shaped his extraordinary life. This isn't just a history lesson; it's a masterclass in magic that’ll have you performing better in no time! With 67 historical photographs and a staggering 326 pages of fascinating content, this is one read you won’t want to miss. Written by the dynamic duo of Keith Burns and Bruce Cervon.

Contents:

• 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

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