Whaley, Bart: The Man Who Was Erdnase ©1991 Bart Whaley, Jeff Busby Magic, Inc. Hardcover, w/dj, 434 pages

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Comments: With Martin Gardner and Jeff Busby

Contents (courtesy Dietrich Keller, magicbooks.be):

II Frontispiece
VII Foreword
VIII Preface
XI Introduction

1 Part One: A Matter Of Life & Death
3 Rogue's Run
31 The Last Hour
42 TheMan
52 The Author
80 On the Road with Bessie
99 For the Love of Nulda

121 Part Two: Post Mortem
122 Post Mortem
123 Suicide or Snuff?
134 American Bluebeard?

144 Part Three: Magnum Opus
146 The Magical Erdnase
147 Personal Effects
166 Sources & Inspirations
238 Latter Day Methods & Myths

263 Part Four: Magicfans As Detectives
265 The Hunt for Erdnase
292 Questioned Documents
300 Revelations
321 A Case of Identity

326 Part Five The Story Of A Bestseller
328 The Story of a Bestseller
330 Drake & Beyond
350 Bookmen, Pirates & Ghosts

365 Conclusion: The Legacy
366 Afterword

367 Appendix A: "Alibi" Note To The Examiner
380 Appendix B: "Alibi" Note To The Chrorncle
383 Notes
420 Bibliography
429 Index Of Persons
433 Colophon