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Steinmeyer, Jim: The Glorious Deception, the
Double Life of William Robinson Also in Softcover by Da Capo Press |
 Image courtesy Don's Magic and Books |
Comments: Full title: "The Glorious Deception, The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer."
Contents (Chapters from book ToC):
1 The Wood Green Empire
17 Harry Hill’s Saloon
32 The Palace of Magic
44 The Great Herrmann
56 Olive Path
68 The Black Art
82 Harry Kellar
98 Nana Sahib
114 Abdul Khan
128 Out of Sight
141 The Marvelous Bullet Catch
152 Escape from Sing Sing
164 Ching Ling Foo
180 Keith’s Union Square
194 The Folies Bergere
209 The Alhambra Theatre
227 The Great Lafayette
242 Defying the Boxers
253 The London Hippodrome
269 Tavistock Square
285 Lonsdale Road
303 Australia
320 Edinburgh
336 Asleep In The Air
352 The Expanding Die
368 The World and Its People
384 The Charmed Bullet
398 Death By Misadventure
412 Epilogue
421 Acknowledgements and Notes
437 List of Illustrations
441 Index
453 About the Author
