Download or read book Sugden the Magician written by Gary R. Frank and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Sugden's (S uh g - D eh n) magical life started with a handshake from master performer Harry Kellar and continued throughout his life. Growing up in Pittsburgh, gave Ray an opportunity to see numerous performers and create his own show. From his early days of magic, to his time on the road with his wife and children, and then involvement with Howard Thurston as Thurston's third traveling show unit; it's all here. Over two hundred photographs are included. There are advertisements, playbills, and posters through the entire book. The book is hard-covered, #80 glossy stock, and it is loaded with information and material that has never been written before. Seldom known facts that were never uncovered until now are in this book. You will learn more about the business dealings Thurston had with not only Sugden, but also Harry Jansen (aka Dante). Sugden thought he had it made when he signed on to be Thurston's third touring show. It wasn't long after, Thurston showed his true colors. The facts are there for you to read. If you want to complete your library of magic's Golden Age, Sugden the Magician - The Wonder Show of the Century is the book to read. You will learn a little of Thurston's proclivities that have never been revealed before. And, there's more. The life of Ray Sugden was one of adventure, invention, and entertainment.

Download or read book Tampa England s Court Magician written by Gary R. Frank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the name Tampa - England's Court Magician, Ray S. Sugden toured throughout the United States as the third unit of master magician Howard Thurston. Vaudeville was coming to a show business halt while talking pictures were sweeping the country. Just around the corner was The Great Depression. Dante the Magician wasn't pleased to read Tampa's claims of working with Thurston in the creation of several illusions. Thurston was lighting the fire under both of his performers and the outcome was becoming a pattern for Thurston. You will read what happened to Sugden's career, see photographs, advertisements, actual publicity never seen before. Sugden's professional career as Tampa was dampened by events of occurrences planned and unplanned. Included in the book is a full color gallery of posters, Christmas cards, and more. This is a great companion book to Sugden the Magician - The Wonder Show of the Century.

Download or read book The Last Greatest Magician in the World written by Jim Steinmeyer and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steinmeyer presents the seminal biography of the magician's magician, Howard Thurston, a man who surpassed Houdini in the eyes of showmen and fans, and set the standard for how stage magic is performed today.

Download or read book The Sphinx written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Arabian nights entertainments arranged for the perusal of youthful readers by the hon mrs Sugden written by Marianne Sugden (hon) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tecumseh written by John Sugden and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Sitting Bull is the most famous Indian, Tecumseh is the most revered. Although Tecumseh literature exceeds that devoted to any other Native American, this is the first reliable biography--thirty years in the making--of the shadowy figure who created a loose confederacy of diverse Indian tribes that exted from the Ohio territory northeast to New York, south into the Florida peninsula, westward to Nebraska, and north into Canada. A warrior as well as a diplomat, the great Shawnee chief was a man of passionate ambitions. Spurred by commitment and served by a formidable battery of personal qualities that made him the principal organizer and the driving force of confederacy, Tecumseh kept the embers of resistence alive against a federal government that talked cooperation but practiced genocide following the Revolutionary War. Tecumseh does not stand for one tribe or nation, but for all Native Americans. Despite his failed attempt at solidarity, he remains the ultimate symbol of eavor and courage, unity and fraternity.

Download or read book Jack the Ripper and Black Magic written by Spiro Dimolianis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Ripper is a gothic tale of Victorian conspiracies, the supernatural, secret societies and the police. Scotland Yard hunted a serial killer shrouded in politics as the mutilator of East End prostitutes. This book uses historic sources and rare official reports to reveal dark and supernatural aspects of the Ripper case.

Download or read book Magic written by David Price and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Arabian Nights Entertainments written by Marianne Cookson Sugden (Hon.) and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ripper Notes written by Dan Norder and published by Inklings Press. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ripper Notes: Madmen, Myths and Magic" is a collection of essays about the notorious Whitechapel serial killer Jack the Ripper and other topics that shed new light on the case. Jan Bondeson discusses "Serial Sadistic Stabbers" throughout history, including the interesting case of the London Monster, a man who stabbed women in London in the 18th century and who is in some ways a precursor to Jack the Ripper. Amanda Howard gives a short overview of serial killers who predate the Whitechapel murders of 1888. Wolf Vanderlinden follows with "The Supernatural Connection," a detailed study of the various psychics past and present who claimed to have otherworldly knowledge of the Ripper killings. Famed expert Paul Begg in "On The Matter of Milk" examines witness Mrs. Malcolm's testimony that she saw victim Mary Jane Kelly on the morning of her murder (after the time the doctors later told the police that Kelly must have already been killed) as she went to buy milk. Bernard Brown investigates the site of the murder of Jack the Ripper's first canonical victim, Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, and uncovers a history of persecution of women in "The Witches of Whitechapel." Tom Wescott then explores a possible link between the Ripper murders, magic rituals desecrating Christian symbols, and the Lindbergh baby kidnapping tragedy. Dan Norder's "Connecting the Dots" explores the various theories that the Ripper crime scenes were chosen in advance in order to form a symbol, describing the various patterns that have been suggested and looking into the statistics to try to determine if they were a result of forethought or blind chance. Antonio Sironi then asks if the murder of the Elizabeth Stride, usually named by experts as the third victim, in Dutfield's Yard was a change in the Ripper's normal methodology. The essays are concluded with Roger Peterson's "Did Jack the Ripper Visit Leadville?" which chronicles an example of Ripper hysteria that reached all the way to a booming Colorado mining community in the United States not long after the Whitechapel murders. All of the articles are extensively illustrated with woodcuts, photos, diagrams and other illustrations. In addition, the back cover features a color map of the East End of London in the 19th century with the locations of the five generally accepted Jack the Ripper killings marked for easy reference. Ripper Notes is a nonfiction anthology series covering all aspects of the Jack the Ripper murder case.

Download or read book The Linking Ring written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-12 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ripper Notes written by Wolf Vanderlinden and published by Inklings Press. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ripper Notes: America Looks at Jack the Ripper" is a collection of essays about the notorious Whitechapel serial killer and related topics. It leads of with a newly discovered and never before republished 1892 interview with Assistant Commissioner Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard. Anderson was a very important figure in the investigations, and made statements later in life that the killer had been identified and put into an asylum. This article is accompanied by a short analysis showing why that is unlikely. Wolf Vanderlinden then gives an in-depth look at the suspects in the 1891 death of prostitute Carrie Brown in New York City, a case long connected by many to the earlier string of Ripper killings in the East End of London. This is followed by coverage of the 2004 U.S. Ripper Conference, including essays by John Hacker ("Jack the Ripper and Technology: Ripperology in the Twenty-First Century") and Stan Russo ("The Strange Case of Dr. Hewitt," which questions why some suspects are treated more seriously than they probably should be) adapted from their presentations there. A number of shorter pieces by various authors follows. Ripper Notes is a nonfiction anthology series covering all aspects of the Jack the Ripper murder case.

Download or read book Inside Magic written by George L. Boston and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Magic in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean written by Nina Nikki and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: Cognitive, Historical, and Material Perspectives brings together articles with the shared conviction that the category of magic remains useful in religious studies and provides new insights to biblical and related texts and artifacts. Historically, magic has been considered in both scholarly and popular discourse to be questionable, obscure, and potentially subversive. 19th century scholars of religion viewed magical beliefs and practices as primitive and inferior compared to Judeo-Christian forms of worship, which were considered true "religion". More recently, the category has been defended especially by scholars of the cognitive science of religion, who find it useful for delineating a set of beliefs and practices fundamental to all forms of religion. The volume joins current scholarship in refraining from using the concept as an othering device and in arguing that it can still serve as a helpful analytical tool. In addition to analyzing the discourse on magic in both ancient literature and modern scholarship, the articles provide individual examples of how literary and material culture attest to the existence of magical beliefs and practices in sources from the Ancient Near East to the Byzantine Period. The book is divided into three parts. The contributions in the first part approach magic from the theoretical perspective of cognitive studies, ritual studies, and cultural evolution, while the rest of the book focuses on how magic and magicians are understood in ancient sources. The second part discusses a specific set of textual material dealing with blessings and curses. The third part of the volume discusses the world of various destructive celestial beings, from which one and one's loved ones had to be defended, as well as the multitude of protective beings such as angels.

Download or read book Love Spells and Lost Treasure written by Tabitha Stanmore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking book which introduces the concept of 'service magic' while re-evaluating magic in medieval and early modern English society.

Download or read book Niccolo Paganini Supreme Violinist Or Devil s Fiddler written by John Sugden and published by Msr Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: