Smith, Les and Gertrude: The Floyd Thayer Book Keep the Wheels Turning Volume 2 ©1992 Leslie C. Smith, Owen Magic Supreme, CA Hardcover, no dj, 356 pages ISBN: 0-930110-06-4

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Comments: The second in the Keep the Wheels Turning series. Volume 1 was the story of Carl Owen, written by Richard Buffum and listed here separately.

Contents (Chapters from book ToC, additional detail courtesy MartinsMagic.com):

1 Chapter 1 — Floyd’s Heritage
11 Chapter 2 — Floyd’s Upbringing
31 Chapter 3 — From Teen to Manhood
45 Chapter 4 — Prelude
63 Chapter 5 — The Fulfillment of a Dream
79 Chapter 6 — Another Dream Realized
101 Chapter 7 — After Brookledge
117 Chapter 8 — Associated Characters
147 Chapter 9 — LASM and Other Magic Clubs
163 Color Section
179 Chapter 10 — A Business of Tricks or the Tricks of Business

201 Chapter 11 — Illusions and Stage Magic
- Battle of the Toy Soldiers
- Confusion in the Ark
- Confusion in the Ark (Carl Owen)
- Vanish of a Caged Parrot
- Larsen’s Girl Without a Middle
- Jack in the Box
- Chef’s Nightmare
- Triple Trunk Mystery
- Girl in The Hammock
- Hoist for Girl in Hammock
- American Indian Torture Tie
- Paper Target Escape
- Bullet-Proof Girl
- Topsy-Turvy Miss
- Chocolate Soldier
- Merry Widow
- Billiard Ball Backdrop and Stand
- Wheel of Torture
- Crash! The Death Slide
- Challenge Milk Can Escape
- Jacobsen Milk Can Escape
- Enemy Torture Cage Escape
- Improved Substitution Trunk
- Through the Needle’s Eye
- Pigeon Catching
- Famous Barrel Escape
- Hindu Rope Trick
- Egyptian Talking Vase
- Talking Tea Pot
- Talking Genii Lamp
- The Talking Buddha
- Spirito (Carl Owen)
- The Arm Amputation Illusion
- Clocks on Ribbons
- Die and Clock Exchange
- Kellar Levitation Mystery

277 Chapter 12 — Small Magic and Apparatus, The Wood Turner’s Art
- Yo! Ho! Ho! and a Bottle of Rum
- The Tom Sellers’ Rising Cards
- The Die and Box of Flags
- The Changing Card Tray
- Thayer’s Simplex Real Half Dollar Vanisher
- Flower and Vase Production
- Lodgings for Two
- The Enchanted Tube
- The Mystic Box and Lucky Die
- The Big Egg
- Ball Vases
- The Vanishing Lamp
- The Bran Plates
- Button Button
- New Model Tumbler Pedestal
- Poko Chinko
- The Obedient Orange
- Cone and Billiard Ball
- The Apple and Orange Trick
- The Fortune Telling Ball
- The Flying Handkerchief and Candle
- The Turntable Stand
- Golly Wobble Bottle
- King Felton’s Blindfold
- Three Types of Imp Bottle
- Thayer’s New Color Passe Passe
- Cups and Balls
- Flag and Candle
- Patriotic Billiard Balls
- The Mysterious Ink Bottle
- Transpo-Chango Hanko
- Coin Plug Box
- Morison Pill Box and Billiard Ball Shell Mallet
- Bran Vase
- The Croquet Trick
- The Candle that Was
- Simplex Tumbler Pedestal
- Lloyd Chamber’s Tenacious Ball
- The Mummy Case
- Eli’s Die Box
- Nic’s Napkins
- The Triple Tube Vanish
- The Wine and Water Trick
- Dr. “Q’s” Mysterious Want Ad Test
- Glass Go
- Cannonball Vase
- The Orange and Lemon Mystery
- A New Mystical Coin Act
- Candle to Bouquet
- Snuff Box Vase
- Hat and Cane to Table
- Thayer Foo Can
- Gavel
- Billiard Ball Pedestal
- Hollow Egg – Silk Pull – Nikko – Hindu Cup
- Hindu Water Tube
- The Dye Tube
- Turn of the Tide
- Pipe Stand
- Thayer’s Card Rising Tray
- Ovette’s Chinese Tea Chest
- The Acrobatic Match Box
- The Perfection Flag Trick
- Magical Scraps