{"product_id":"vernon-chronicles-volume-4-ebook-download-1","title":"Vernon Chronicles Volume 4 - eBook DOWNLOAD","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Richard Buffum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagic's Past and Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Hundred Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE 1896 - 1916\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Try to Fly and Other Early Memories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Father's Principles for Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Father and My First Magic Tricks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Playing Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning about Silhouettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Magician\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Backstage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Thoughts on Thurston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Trip to the Pawn Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother and Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Carnegie Library in Ottawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagic Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Attack on Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow the Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Should be an Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCliff Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York and Coney Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarny Games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarnival Talk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarry Grey, the Dizzy Wizard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Brother Napier and the Army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO 1917 - 1939\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York 1917\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York's Magic Shops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePowers' Magic Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarry Kellar and Thurston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Short Card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoc Elliott, He Played with a Full Deck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Inner Circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Just Think of a Card ... \"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Tricks of the Greeks\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGamblers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Three Card Monte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Masked Man. One of My Heroes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHofzinser. Another of My Heroes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Using Trick Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJeanne Comes into My Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen in Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNate Leipzig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Professional Engagement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Union League Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCardini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoc Tarbell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJud Cole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorace Goldin and the Unusual Cane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlfred Benzone. \"Originator of Ectoplasm\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man Who Fooled Vernon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalini's Misdirection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalini. Still Another Hero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalini and the Queen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Meeting Thomas Edison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilhouettes and Agents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMr. Houdini and Madame Houdin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore Memories of Harry Houdini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoudini and Spiritualism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTed \"Male\" Vernon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSawing a Woman in Half in Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Black Magic in Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Margules and Dickie the Dunce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMentalists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouring America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJarrow and Van Hoven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDai Yen or Dr Chung\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFred Keating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMr. Shock and the Rubber Bands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDad Stevens - \"The Mysterious Kid\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fabulous Center Deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Miller. \"I'm a Dice Man\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Life as Edward Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ. Warren Keane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam J. Hilliar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarry Blackstone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVernon in Print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJean Hugard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wonderful Faro Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Fox and FDR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeepie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cigarette Trick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrank Tobey's Gambling Furniture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarnet Lee. the Chinaman's Toy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAustralian Slang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffects Defined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntertaining the Rich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Linking Rings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Brother Napier Dies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE 1939 - 1963\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Harlequin Act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoves Steal the Show at the Rainbow Room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompeer. the Monkey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow I Became \"The Professor\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFu Manchu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mind-Reading Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Same Bill with Charlie Chaplin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Horowitz Becomes Me!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Blueprints to Broken Arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCitizenship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the USO in World War II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDan Cummings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilbourne Christopher and the Cuban Lottery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnemann's Bullet Catch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnemann's Suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoy Benson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Being Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCruising\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Couple of Funny Moments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Old Vaudeville Formula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Cards...New Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Father of the Modern Lecture Series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Tricks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimple Ideas Drive People Crazy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A Pocket Trick\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to be Effective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Original Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt in the Craft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraveling Magicians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Performing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's Wrong with Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINDEX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePHOTO CREDITS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murphy's MISC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56485485117764,"sku":"dbvernonch4","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/1826\/4644\/files\/68933-full_a6401684-b02f-4ca2-a5c3-2e5133972bc4.png?v=1772959271","url":"https:\/\/www.handpickedmagic.com\/products\/vernon-chronicles-volume-4-ebook-download-1","provider":"Hand Picked Magic ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}