Rauscher, William: The Great Raymond ©1996 William V. Rauscher and William L. Broecker Published by David M. Baldwin, NJ Hardcover, w/dj, 343 pages

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Comments: Illustrations © 1996 David M. Baldwin.

Contents (Chapters from book ToC):

viii Acknowledgments viii
x Foreword x
xiii My Profession Is Magic xiii

1 Prologue: Being Great
5 1. Becoming a Magician
19 2. Vaudeville: Hypnotism, Mentalism, and Escapes
39 3. Shows and More Shows
61 Gallery: Stage Display Photographs
75 4. Fooling the King
81 5. The Great Raymond's Lithographs
90 Color Gallery: Raymond Lithographs
101 6. Litzka, The Second Mrs Raymond
145 7. A Life on Stage
133 8. The Business of Touring
159 9. Fanclion and Marco Present
173 10. Seeing Raymond
199 Gallery: Aspects of Raymond
205 11. Dear Father
217 12. Jewels for the Great
221 13. Brother Raymond
235 14. Raymond Remembers
247 15. Rock and Raymond
253 16. The End Draws Near
265 17. Life without Raymond
271 18. Dreams of a Museum
275 19. Walter B Gibson, Wizard of Words
281 Color Gallery: Pieces of Magic
307 20. Possessions of a Lifetime
319 Epilogue

321 Appendices
321 I Raymond and Animals
329 II Raymond on Chung Ling Soo
334 III Raymond as Poet 334
337 Index