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cb New user 5 Posts |
I have been reading The Magician and the Cardsharp for a few nights now, and it's so great! I love this kind of biographical history about Dai Vernon and other great sleight-of-hand artist.
I am nearing the middle of the book, and are dreading the day I'm done with it. So when that day occurs, what should I read next? This is the first book of this kind (involving sleight-of-hand) that I have read / are reading and it's the only one if aware of at the moment, so I'd like ideas of other similarly great books. TL;DR I love The Magician and the Cardsharp - what should I read next? |
ekins Special user Portland, Oregon 513 Posts |
I haven't read "Magician and the Cardsharp" yet so I can't say if it's exactly the same type of read or not but a book that I found interesting is "The Odds Against Me" by John Scarne. It's no longer in print but I think you should be able to find a used copy for a reasonable price.
It would be interesting to have another biography on Scarne to get another perspective of the man. He has quite the ego so it's makes you question some of his claims in the book, but it's a fun read. -Brian |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Phantoms of the Card Table by Britland and Gazzo is a fun read, as is The Big Con by Maurer.
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cb New user 5 Posts |
Ekins: Great, I will surely take a look around to find a used copy!
landmark: It's even available in kindle format from amazon. Awesome! A few reviews I've found talk about how it is against Vernon, whom I'm very fond of. So it's gonna be great to read something so different from my point of view. |
duanebarry Special user 883 Posts |
Hiding The Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer is similarly full of intrigue and hyper-competitive magicians seeking to develop a particular form of illusion. It is a superb book, one of my very favorite magic histories.
David Ben's biography of Dai Vernon is excellent if you'd like to follow Vernon in more depth. |
Peter McMillan Elite user St. George, Utah 497 Posts |
Head to Amazon.com and put in Jim Steinmeyer. You can find outstanding buys on all his used hard cover copies. The books not only delve into the main character, but also takes side trips into lesser known historical magicians. Jim's style of writing is very easy to read, moves the story line completely and smoothly. Chung Lin Foo(Robinson), Thurston, Houdini and many many others are brought back to life through Jim's writing's.
I can also recommend "The Learned Pig" on Lybrary.com. Several PDF's of biographical books. Blitz, Herrmann, Maskelyne, and many others. Other PDF's of historical magic books can be found online in the Will Alma collection at the State Library of Vitoria, Australia, as well as http://archive.org using magic, tricks, magicians bio's and so on. Google also has some free books in PDF you may want to search. I have saved everything on an external disk drive and download what I want to read to a tablet. Some I print out at a copy store and bind myself. And of course don't forget Robert-Houdin. Always a good read.
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cb New user 5 Posts |
Thanks, guys! I had some of the Jim Steinmeyer books on my wish list, but now I have a whole lot more!
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